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Twenty minutes later, I hear the sound of someone screaming in pain and heavy footsteps pounding along the corridor beyond my locked door. Kids are running, there’s a lot of swearing, followed by doors slamming. What the fuck has happened?
“Open the fucking door!” I shout, pounding my fists against the wood.
I yank at the door handle, pulling with all my strength. Nothing. Forcing myself to calm down I stride over to my desk and pull out the drawer, dropping it to the floor so I can search for the hair pins I keep in there. Snatching at the little plastic pot I rip it open and grab a couple opening them up so I can slide them into the lock. For a full minute I try to pick the lock whilst outside the chaos dies down into silence that is even more worrying.
“Motherfucker!” I shout as my attempts to pick the lock fail. Fucking Sonny. Why lock me in? Why ask me to trust him, then do this?
Someone’s hurt, someone I care about. I know it deep in my fucking bones.
“Asia, fuck!” My door handle wiggles, a second later the door flies open. Pink is standing in front of me, her face pale. Her multicoloured jumper covered in blood.
“Pink, shit! Are you okay?” I rush towards her. She grips me by the shoulders her eyes filled with unshed tears.
“Not me.Sonny. Come quick.”
“Sonny?!” I follow Pink as she speeds along the corridor and into Eastern’s room. The place is deserted, everyone else is hiding out in their rooms not willing to get into trouble or to fucking help. When I enter Eastern looks at me, his eyes wild with fear.
“The bones fucking sticking through the skin. A fucking plaster isn’t going to fix this!”
“Fuck!” I bite out, rushing to his side. “We need to get Sonny help,now! This is serious.”
Sonny looks up at me, his face pale, fucking ghostly. Eastern’s isn’t that much better. They’ve made a rudimentary sling for his broken arm, but blood is weeping through the skin. It’s a compound fracture. I remember reading a bit about after care and physiotherapy for such injuries in my coursebook.
“What happened?” I ask, placing my hand on Sonny’s unbroken arm and squeezing gently. He gives me a weak smile but says nothing, he’s too busy gritting his jaw.
“Monk happened,” Ford says. He’s holding Kate beneath his arm. She looks dazed, her cheek red and swollen.
That motherfucker! I need to handle this situation and quick.
“Ford,” I say, looking directly at him. “Let Pink look after Kate and help us with Sonny. On the way to Carmichael’s room you can tell me what the fuck happened.”
Ford nods, easing Kate into the chair before striding over to me. “This is gonna hurt, mate,” he warns Sonny, before attempting to help him sit up.
“Argh!!” Sonny cries out with the pain of being jostled. He looks about ready to pass out. “It fucking hurts.” His teeth begin to chatter and his body shakes.
“Shit! Stop. We can’t move him, not without some serious painkillers. Someone needs to go get Carmichael right fucking now,” I order.
“I’ll go,” a familiar voice says from the doorway.
“What the fuck areyoudoing here?” Pink snaps, her usual welcoming self completely disappearing at the sight of Camden standing in the doorway. I’ve never seen her so angry.
“Tohelp,” Camden looks at me. “I knocked Monk out. It was the only way to stop him from coming back here and finishing what he started.”
“Why?” Kate demands, glaring at him.
“Because… because it was the right thing to do,” he simply says.
Kate mutters something under her breath whilst Sonny swears loudly. I know his outburst is as much to do with the fallout of that decision and the impact on Camden’s mum as it is the pain.
“He’s fucking wasted anyway. I’m betting Monk won’t remember half this shit in the morning,” Eastern says, looking between me and Camden.
“Let’s fucking hope so,” I mutter.
Sonny groans again, forcing Camden into action. “I won’t be long,” he promises, before twisting on his feet and running down the hall.
“Talk to me. Someone tell me what went on,” I demand before Pink or Kate can question why Camden is helping and why no one is stopping him from doing so.
