𝕮𝖊𝖘𝖆𝖗

𝕴𝖙 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖆 𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖍 since Jo left, I have done all I can to find her. I looked everywhere to her spot by the dumpster all the way to a local spot the homeless like to hang out and she was at neither. Mrs. Martinez frequently ask about her, I feel bad that I can't give her answer and it doesn't help that Jamal thinks she's dead.

I want to ask Oscar what happened that day, what he said to her that made her run. I can't help but to feel guilty, after all, it is my fault, Jo was never suppose to be involved in this. I was simply trying to help her the first day I met but clearly I did the exact opposite.

Right now I'm sitting on my porch, as my brother was having a party celebrating god-knows-what. I was pulled out of my thought when I heard the guys that sat on the front lawn cursing, when I looked up they were surrounding something. I stood up and walked off the porch to see what's all the fuss about

I pushed everyone out the way to see to get a closer look...only to see they were circling a person but not any person, but it was Jo, she was crying as she laid on the ground, she wore blue jeans that had dirt on them, she had an oversized sweatshirt with a petticoat on. Not to mention her face was badly beaten with her nose and lip bleeding and her shoulder bleeding "Jo?!" I say frantically

"Stop! Leave her alone!" I say pushing the guys away from her "OSCAR!" I yelled as I continued to push everyone away "someone go get Oscar" I pleaded

Within a few minutes Oscar comes outside causing everyone to scatter away from her "que pasó" he asked

"I- don't- I don't know- she stumbled onto the grass like this- is she gonna die?" I asked with genuine concern "watch out " Oscar muttered bending down and putting her up bridal style

I followed him inside as people crowded us "muévete, sal del camino" Oscar yelled as he laid her down on the couch "what's going on" Candice asked, Candice, was one of spooky the guy's girlfriend "I think she was stabbed- that's so much blood!" I say

"We need to get this sweatshirt off of her!- to see how bad the wound is" One the guys said but Candice stopped everyone by stepping in front of Oscar "not in front of everyone- move her to the back, the girls and I can handle if," she says

Oscar picked her back up and moved her to the back, Candice looked at me her face soften she sees me crying "she's gonna be alright" she says patting my back from going into the back followed by some other girls

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𝖎𝖙 𝖍𝖆𝖘 𝖇𝖊𝖊𝖓 𝖆 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖗 and the party was disbanded, but some stayed back to see would what happen. The only thing that filled was the music that still played in the backyard and the sound of Jo's sobbing. Oscar and I sat in the living room as we waited, we both grow inpatient by the minute but Oscar was okay with the wait but I wasn't

Candice walked into the living making Oscar and I standing "is she okay?" I asked frantically "she's fine," she says "can I see her?" I asked

"No- we just finished cleaning the blood off of her, You was right Cesar- she was stabbed- we need to stitch her up now," she says

"so why are you just standing there?" Oscar asked

Candice gives him a dirty look "I was getting her a drink" she says reaching down into the cooler and grabbed a beer before turning around to go back to the back

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𝖆 𝖋𝖊𝖜 𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖚𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖗

Candice comes back out with a frustrated look on her face "what's going on?" I asked, she sighed "she's not letting us stitch her up" Candice says making Oscar sigh frustrated

He walks into the back with Candice and I following behind him, we walk into the room and jo was wear a tank top, she laid on her stomach as she cried and pleaded for them to stop "listen, we need to stitch you up" another girl says

"I can't- I can't- it's too painful" jo cried, her face was red with bruises that were already starting to form, her eyes were bloodshot red

Oscar kneeled down beside her "I got you" he says grabbing onto her arm, she looked up at him before squeezing onto his arm "you got this" he says looking into her eyes

she nods as Candice and the rest of the girls, start to stitch her wound

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𝖆𝖙 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖊𝖓𝖉 𝖔𝖋 𝖓𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙

once they finished stitching her up Oscar told everyone else to leave, he said they can check on her tomorrow but tonight she needs sleep. She slept in Oscar's room and I sat next to her and I wasn't going anywhere

"you should go to bed" he says

"no- I'm not leaving her" I say

"I'll keep an eye on her- go get some rest," he says patting my back

I give her one more look before standing up, I gave Oscar a hug before going into my room.

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