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For Better Or Worse
By : PiratesWench
Category: S through Z > Sleepy Hollow
Views: 2795 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0Disclaimer: I do not own Sleepy Hollow, nor any of the characters from it. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. - Chapter List
When I came
to, I was in a bed in a different room.
The infirmary was eerily quiet, aside from the sound of a man
crying. I called out to a nurse who was
passing by. “Excuse me?”She walked
into my room, smiling gently.
“Constable Crane, it’s wonderful to have you back with us. You have been unconscious for quite some
time.”“I see.” Again, I heard the man. “Has something happened?”
“What do you
mean, sir?”“Is he awake,
Abagail?” I recognized the voice as
that of Dr. Kindell.“Yes,
doctor.”I watched as
the man rounded the corner, remorse in his eyes. “Constable, I regret to have to tell you this…” He wiped at his brow. “…Victoria has taken her life.”I rose from
the bed, ignoring the pain that was torturing my body. “How?”“She took
something from the shelf, we cannot be sure of what it was. The bottle was unmarked. She was found in the lavatory by her
husband.”“May I…may I
see her?” My voice cracked, as it
always seemed to do when my nerves got the best of me.“I’m sorry,
Constable. I understand that you are
usually the one to deem a cause of death and the like, however, under these
unfortunate circumstances, her father has already had her body sent to the
undertaker. She has been cremated.”“Oh, I…” I said nothing else. I fought the intense wave of nausea that
overtook my body. I did not think that
the situation was possible; therefore, I left my room in search of anything
that was sensible. What I found was Mr.
Dearborne, sobbing into his hands.He looked up
at me. “He was too much for her to
bear,” he said through his tears. “I
cannot tell you how sorry I am, Ichabod.
I know that you would have made her happy.” His face returned to his hands and I fell to my knees,
paralyzed. Hector pushed Victoria to a
desperate edge right in front of me and all I was able to do was get myself
knocked unconscious. I felt tears leave
my eyes, but made no effort to wipe them away.Everything
had gone wrong.If you have
not yet deduced what was to take place, it follows as thus: Victoria was only
to have appeared to have died. I had
thought all of it out. I knew of a
chemical that, when ingested, simulated death.
Her breathing and heart rate would slow to an almost undetectable rate
for only a few minutes – long enough for Hector to find her “dead.” Being constable, I would have declared her so,
and our life together would have resumed in Philadelphia. I suppose that her mind changed. I suppose that I was not the life she truly
wanted. Death was a more welcome entity
than I…“Ichabod?”
Jonathon’s voice cut through my pained thoughts. His eyes, too, were saddened.
“Are you…all right?” He asked
the question, but by the sound of his voice, regretted it.“It…it is
safe to say, I am not.” It physically
hurt me to speak. “I will not be able
to bear staying in this city any longer.
Go and pack, Jonathon. We will
leave for Philadelphia at dawn.”“Yes, sir.” He left without another word.
“Constable,”
Dr. Kindell’s voice reemerged into the air.
He had followed me from my room.
“I do not recommend traveling in your condition.”“Travel is
the only thins that may, eventually, cure my ailment, doctor.” Dr. Kindell was, of course, referring to the
blow to my head…I, however, was referring to my shattered heart.- You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
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