Free Who I Became (Who I Was Book 2) by Kasidy Blake Page B

NINE
     
    LILLIAN
     
    Vanessa? Who the hell is Vanessa? I put my head down and eat slowly.  Still a little nauseated from the meds and being in the hospital.  There is only so much sitting in a hospital bed you can do before you start to feel sick. I am racking my memories for who this Vanessa could be.  I don’t remember one.  I start to feel very anxious; worried I actually did lose some memory.  I am interrupted by a phone ringing.
    I glance over at Wesson and watch as he opens the phone; it is an older cell phone.  One that flips and doesn’t have a lot of other functions then talking on it.
    “Hello?”
    Someone talking to him… probably Vanessa. Whoever that is.
    “Yeah we are here, are you okay? Are you able to talk?”
    More talking on the other hand. I bet Vanessa is pretty.
    “Okay good, here hold on, and let me put you on speaker.”
    He puts the phone down, after hitting the speaker button. I am very anxious to hear this Vanessa’s voice.  I know I am being crazy, I mean he has been with me in the hospital for the past three weeks.  However, I can remember all the times he was gone, I can almost tell you the amount of time that he was gone.  There was the whole time I was in a coma also.  I never understood what he saw in me anyway. I just can’t believe this.  That is when I shake my head. I am going crazy. I know I am being a bitch with not remembering him, but there is no way he would have found someone already. I trust him, I trust our love. I have to.
    “You guy’s there?” She asks. She does sound nice.
    “Yeah, it’s me, Parker and Lillian.” Did he just say my name weird like he was warning her?
    “Oh… Okay.”
    “So what’s going on Nessa?” Park asks. I turn to look at him like he just grew another head.  Who is this Vanessa?
    She has a nickname from Park? I don’t get it.
    “Well I am at home now but only for 30 minutes.  I was allowed to go home and shower and that was very generous.  I think it’s because I am a girl or something. Chief always does weird things like this to me-” She stops for a minute and it sounds like she drops the phone. Both boys perk up and scoot closer to the phone as if they are going to actually get to her.
    “Everything okay Nes?” Wow, the name just keeps getting shorter, more personal as we go on.
    “Yeah sorry, I was pulling off my boot and lost my phone. It’s been a long day.”
    “Tell us.”
    “Right, so after you left, it took them all of 15 minutes before a nurse came back in. I guess they were about to take Lil down to do…a test.”
    That’s weird, I don’t remember them talking about doing any more tests that day.
    “Anyway, I wasn’t informed of you missing for some time. I think they didn’t- well, I mean it took awhile.”
    Why does she keep changing what she is going to say, it’s like she is nervous. I don’t like it.
    “So once I found out you were missing, it was an all out man hunt. They were one step away from putting you on the evening news but finally I reminded them that you were wanted by more than them. I swear that team sometimes. Okay, anyway, I am in the clear, nowhere near a suspect.  I forgot to mention that the Chief used to be my uncle.”
    What. The. Fuck?
    I watch as both boys again in unison jump up reacting at the same time.
    “What do you mean Vanessa? That is something you should have told us. We can’t be here.”
    She laughs, actually laughs.
    “You guys are safe.  He was married to an aunt of mine on the other side of the family. They are in no way in contact anymore.  It wasn’t a good divorce and he feels bad. Sadly, I think that is why I am where I am after just getting out of the academy but it is a who you know sort of field so I let it happen.”
    “Are. You. Sure? Because if you put her in trouble.”
    Wesson is practically spitting he is so upset.  I have seen him upset before, this isn’t the worst.  However, he is still scary as shit if you’re at the other