Mom: Wow, all of that happened. I'm sorry you had to go through it.
Hope: Shit happens.
Mom: Don't talk like that.
Hope: What? It's true. Bad things happen all the time. No need to dwell on them once they're passed.
Mom: Your friend has a wound that is going to leave a scar for the rest of her life. You should get some perspective.
Lili: It's okay Mrs Hearthfield. It could've been worse besides was Hope the one who saved me.
Hope: See.
-Also talking about that the thing that the dentist said is still bugging me.
Mom: What did she say?
Hope: It's impossible but she said that he had died 2 days ago.
Lili: Maybe he wasn't dead. I've read stories about people who were pronounced dead but were actually alive.
Hope: That still doesn't explain why he attacked us.
Dad: Honey, I'm home.
-Wow.
-What happened to you?
Mom: They got attacked by some old man at the hospital and he bit Lili.
Dad: What?
Mom: He even attacked the security so they had to put him down.
Dad: Why didn't you just run away and call me or the police?
Hope: We did but he followed us and attacked us again.
Dad: You should've just stayed put in the first place.
Hope: What would YOU have done in my place.
Mom: Please, stop fighting.
- They're okay now, David. That's all that matters.
Hope: Come on, Lili. Let's go to my room and watch some movies.
20 minutes had passed.
Lili: What is taking you so long?
Hope: Give me a sec.
Lili: What are you doing? What are you looking at?
Hope: I couldn't stop thinking about the man supposedly being dead. So I searched the web and surprisingly enough it seems that recently there have been many cases of supposedly dead people coming back to life and attacking people.
Lili: Really? What else?
Hope: Nothing. There is barely any information online. I was just lucky enough to stumble on this. I wonder if it's being censored by someone.
Lili: Don't be ridiculous. If something was happening, there's no way they would be able to fully cover it up. Someone would've definitely leaked it.
Hope: This is literally a leak.
Lili: Well, maybe you should talk to your father about it.
Hope: You're right. I'll do that first thing in the morning.
- Now let's go watch some movies.
They watched several horror movies and it was getting really late.
Hope: Lili, are you awake?
- It seems Lili was too tired after everything that happened today and she fell asleep.
- I guess I should do that too.
So she turned the computer off and went to sleep.
During the night she had nightmares about the old man attacking her and trying to bite her.
Hope: Get off me you piece of shit. NOOOOO!
But it wasn't all dreams.
It was already the morning so Hope was beginning to wake up.
Hope: Ughhhhh.
Hope: Lili is that you? What are you doing on top of me?
As soon as she said that Lili dived at her to try to bite her.
Hope: Noooo. Lili! What are you doing?
She didn't respond and kept pushing at her to try to bite her.
Hope: GET...OFF...ME!
She was able to push her away so she tried to run but slipped and fell in front of the stairs and Lili was right behind her trying to bite her.
Hope: Why are you doing this Lili? What is going on with everyone?
Hearing all the commotion Hope's parents came out of their room.
Dad: What is going on out here?
Hope: Dad, help me. Something is wrong with Lili. She's trying to bite me.
He went and grabbed Lili's hands and pulled her away from Hope. At that moment she turned around.
David: Oh my god!
Shocked, he let go of Lili's hands and she went straight for Hope's neck. Scared, Hope had no other choice but to lift her and push her down the stairs.
Hope: LILI! Oh my god! LILI! Are you okay? Oh my god! Oh my god! She's cracked her head open.
Mom: Sweetie, I think she's dead.
Hope: No,no,no,no,no. She's not dead. She can't be dead.
- Right, Lili? Come on, say something. Please, come on.
But her face was lifeless.
-Noooooooooo! Pleeeease!
David: I'll go call an ambulance, you stay with Hope.
After a while, the ambulance arrived together with the police.
They got Lili's body in a body bag. Meanwhile, Hope still couldn't stop crying after what happened.
David:....my daughter panicked and pushed her down the stairs.
Officer: That's all?
David: That's what I know.
Officer: Miss Heartfield, can I speak with you?
Mom: Leave her alone. She's been through enough today.
Officer: I'm sorry but she's the main witness so I have to ask her some questions.
Hope: It's okay mom.
Officer: What happened? What were you doing last night? Were you taking drugs?
Hope: I don't know. We were just watching movies then we went to sleep and when I woke up she attacked me.
Officer: Do you have any idea why?
Hope: No.
Officer: Did anything unusual happen yesterday?
Mom: As a matter of fact, yes. My daughter and her friend got attacked by some old man at the hospital.
Officer: So that's why she had a bandage on her hand.
Mom: Yes. She got bit pretty bad by him.
Officer: Ok, that's it for now. We'll call you if we need more information.
Mom: Thank you.
Once the police and the paramedics left Hope got up and went in her room.
Mom: Hope, come out.
Hope: Please, leave me alone mom.
Several days passed.
Mom: Hope, can you come out for a second?
Hope: No.
Mom: Honey, I know how much it hurts but sitting alone in a room won't make it go away.
Hope: No. You don't. She was my best friend. The only person who was friendly to me in this town and what did I do, I killed her.
Mom: You didn't kill her it was an accident and I do know how you feel.
Mom: When I was a little younger than you I was very close with your great-grandfather. He always loved when I visited him. He was the only one who understood me so I was heartbroken when I found out that he died but that's when I met your father.
Hope: Really?
Mom: Yes. I was young and that was the first time I had to deal with the death of someone close to me.
- The pain was so strong I almost killed myself by jumping off a bridge but your father saw me and was able to talk me out of it.
- He understood how I felt because his father had died recently.
- After that, we got really close because of our similar experiences and eventually fell in love.
Hope: Wow, I can't believe Dad did something like that. Nowadays all he does is scream at me and complain about everything.
Mom: Yeah, he has changed. That's what life and experiences do to you.
But back to what I was saying. I know it hurts right now and that it sucks that Lili's dead but you should get over it. She wouldn't want you crying in a room alone. She would want you to be happy and hopeful. Besides the world is not black and white. Sometimes bad things can also lead to good things.
Hope: Thank you, mom, but I want to be alone at least for a little longer.
Suddenly the doorbell started ringing.
Mom: I'll check who is it.
Officer: Hello Mrs Heartfield.
Mom: Please, call me Mary.
Officer: Okay, Mary. Is your daughter at home?
Mary: Yes. Why?
Hope: What is it?
Officer: There is an arrest warrant for you for the death of Lilith Moore.
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