“Piper? What happened to her?” Ezrah asked worriedly from the other end of the line. He must have broken things off with Piper, but he still cared for her. She was his first love, and despite her constant disobedience, she never truly offended him.
“I don’t know all the details, but I heard it was a suicide attempt. Her mother found her unconscious in the jacuzzi in a pool of blood. She had been feeling depressed lately, and we thought she would get over it. We never expected her to slit her fingers and await death.”
Ezrah closed his eyes in deep thought. Why did all the women in his life resort to death as an escape from him? At least Piper was still alive. “Which hospital is she in?”
There was a brief pause on the line before Mr. Henshaw replied. “You don’t have to come. It's a four-hour drive. I'll just check on her and arrange another day for the meeting,” he said sternly.
Though he wanted Ezrah and Piper to get married, Piper’s obsession was out of hand, and he didn’t want to encourage it any further. But Ezrah felt guilty for some reason. He wanted to be there for her.
“Just send me the name of the hospital.”
“No, Ezrah. It's better this way. I didn’t want to say it directly, but you are the reason for the suicide attempt. It has been hard for her to get over you, but if she gets through this on her own, it might be easier for her to move on. I will arrange for the best therapist to take care of her.”
The call ended abruptly before Ezrah could object. His father asked, “Who has been rushed to the hospital?”