ProfNigma Stories #10: Schneider’s Island #8
Date: 6/16/2016,
Categories:
Celebrities,
Author: FrankSinner
... smile, and shaking her head, Jade laid back and turned the television on. "You should go and tell Freddie that this… what-ever it is that you're doing here… isn't going to do him any good." "We'll see," Carly said, getting comfortable, but not too close to Jade. "We'll see." * * * "So what exactly did you mean when you said that you felt 'responsible' for all this?" While the deputies were a few steps ahead, Singer and Freddie were in the back, moving slowly, paying close attention to their surroundings, not wanting to trigger any traps like Jade and her dad did. "I invited Robbie for one thing," Freddie said, running his hands through his hair in exasperation. "That's it? You sent the k*d an invitation?" "No…" Freddie was debating sharing any more than he had to. "I knew that Robbie was not doing too well. I knew he was having some real problems, and against Jade's better judgment, I invited him to the wedding. I feel like I could have…should have, done more to help him." "You can't be blaming yourself for all that coulda/woulda/shoulda bullcrap. From what I can tell about this k*d and his background, there's been a lot of people who've had it way worse than Robbie, and still turned out just fine." "When you looked him up before coming here…" Freddie said, wondering how much prep Singer had actually done on Robbie before now, "did it show that he was hospitalized for trying to kill ...
... himself?" "Yeah, actually. There was a blip about it. Wasn't just one time either." "Yeah…" Freddie said, thinking of a couple instances where it had happened. "Well, did it mention that there was a girl with him when it happened freshman year?" "No…" Singer said, almost stopping, and wondering if he had missed something in the file. "Though I don't really know when freshman year was for you people. But there was no mention of a girl." "I didn't think there would be…" Freddie said, sighing and worrying that this would make Robbie seem even more guilty. "At the end of our fresh-man year, Robbie had gotten really close to this emo girl named Beth, and I guess they decided to make some sort of suicide pact. I came back to the room after class, and I found the two of them passed out in the room." "And you think Robbie's pissed because you saved them and-" "I saved Robbie," Freddie said coldly. "Beth was too far gone and was dead before the EMT's got to her. I think that's just as much of a reason why he resented me as me coming to the rescue." "Shit…" "Yeah… I had to tell Robbie's f*mily and they put him in an institution for almost a year. Pretty sure he never forgave them, and he certainly hasn't forgiven me. Maybe that's why this happened." * * * "Don't get the wrong idea about this, Shay, but I'm kinda glad you came by today." "Aw, Jade… thanks. You-" "Whoa," Jade ...