Chapter Three

When I walked into my apartment, I sighed while closing my door. My girlfriend Alyssa Joanna, she was calling me as soon as I walked into my apartment. I answered the phone.

"Hey baby," I said to Alyssa.

Alyssa sighed. "Hey. Oh I have missed hearing your voice," says Alyssa.

"Uh, thank you?" I said in an awkward tone of voice.

"Sorry. I'm not very good with this flirting thing," says Alyssa.

I chuckled. "Yeah. I'm not either," I answered back. I took off my shoes before bending over to pick them up from the floor, before walking to my bedroom. Alyssa sighed. She got quiet all of a sudden.

"Alyssa?" I said.

"Oh sorry. I don't know why I got quiet all of a sudden," says Alyssa.

I chuckled softly. "Yeah. Are you okay?" I asked, wondering.

"Well um, I don't know," says Alyssa, softly chuckling.

I frowned. "What is going on?" I wondered.

Alyssa says, "nothing baby. Nothing. I'm just feeling really tired tonight. That is why I got quiet all of a sudden," says Alyssa.

I just decided to not ask anymore questions. "All right. Well, I guess get some rest. I'll talk to you in the morning?" I wondered.

"Sure. I love you," says Alyssa.

I softly chuckled, and smiled. "I love you too," I answered back. Until Alyssa hung up. I put down my iPhone on my nightstand and I yawned before I turned around and headed to my bathroom to take a shower.

After taking my shower, I walked up to my bed before I sat down. I looked down at my iPhone after I heard a text message go through. I read the text message. It was from Alyssa's mother, Abby Joanna. She texted me telling me that Alyssa is in the hospital. I immediately grabbed my iPhone and I immediately stood up from my bed and got dressed to go to the hospital.

After arriving at the hospital, I immediately went to the hospital floor level six and I saw Mrs. Joanna and Mr. Joanna waits in the hospital lobby waiting to hear from the doctor of what happened to Alyssa.

"Mrs, Joanna?" I said, rushing to her.

Mrs. Joanna stood up from her chair and she was crying. She hugged me and I was confused about what was going on with my girlfriend. Mrs. Joanna looked at me. I asked her what happened to Alyssa.

"The doctor said that she had been taking fentanyl. It showed in her system that she has drugs in her system," says Mrs. Joanna.

"What? I'd thought she was sober?" I said.

"I. Well she was for about six months. Until she secretly never told us she has been taking illegal drugs," says Mrs. Joanna.

"What?" I said, once again. Mrs. Joanna continues to cry.

Until the doctor came in the lobby and he says, "Mr. and Mrs. Joanna." Mrs. Joanna turned around and Mr. Joanna stood up from their seat and walked up to the doctor, worried about Alyssa, thinking she may die. I was worried too.

My girlfriend, my beautiful girlfriend, who I love, she may die. Until Alyssa went into cardiac arrest. The doctor and the nurses immediately ran to Alyssa's hospital room and they were working on Alyssa. I was panicking.

Alyssa's parents were crying and scared. Until about a few minutes later, Alyssa flatlined. My Alyssa. She has died. Mrs. Joanna dropped down to her knees and she cried even harder. I just stood where I was, continuing to panic. Who would kill Alyssa? Who would give her an illegal drug?

Alyssa was doing so well with her sobriety. Now she's gone, forever. I immediately left the lobby trying not to cry. I'm a man, I don't cry. But I wanted to. So I went into the men's bathroom to calm myself down. I went up to the sink and I leaned over the sink. I looked at myself in the mirror and I had a flashback of Alyssa dying.

After my flashback ended, I continued to calm myself down. Until the next few days, Peter had come to Alyssa's funeral to give me his support. I was at Mr. and Mrs. Joanna's house, sitting in Alyssa's bedroom alone on her bed. I took a deep breath and I exhaled my breath. Peter had knocked on the door before he entered Alyssa's bedroom.

"Harrison?" says Peter.

I didn't say a word. I was shocked to the core that Alyssa has died so soon and so quickly. I only knew Alyssa for six months. She has just got out of rehab before she and I started dating after we first met.

"Harrison?" says Peter.

I still didn't say a word. Peter just stood where he was, watching me just sit on the bed giving him the silent treatment.

"Um, I'm really sorry about what happened to Alyssa. Do you want to tell me what happened?" says Peter.

I sighed. I swallowed as I heard myself gulp before I started talking.
"Alyssa had bought fentanyl. It showed fentanyl in her blood. She was sober. Until she decided to use again. And she was given fentanyl without any warning," I explained to Peter.

Peter nods his head. "Do you know who might want to hurt her?" Peter asked.

I nod my head yes. "Yeah." I said. I looked at Peter. "Jose Alvarez," I said, in a furious tone of voice. Peter was shocked. I looked back facing the dresser that was standing across Alyssa's bed. I then looked back at Peter. "I want to nail this jerk," I said to Peter.

"Then we will," answered Peter.

I nod my head yes.