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Sage stares at her phone in disbelief for a second before bringing her phone back up to her ear, " I'm sorry, what? There's no fucking way. "
Sam's voice shakes from the other end of the line as Sage hears the machines beeping and doctors murmuring in the background, it being obvious that Sam was already at the hospital to see Josh, " He's. . Josh is alive! Sage, it's a miracle. Apparently, a couple of days after we were all released from the police station and hospital, they did one last final search in the mines and they found him. "
Sage slowly lowers herself down onto the bed behind her as she shakes her head in pure shock. How in the hell was he alive? She remembers it all too well when she had last saw Josh Washington breathing in the mines. He had been there one minute, apologizing and looking crazed out of his mind, and then Mike was pulling her under the water and helping her hide as a wendi- no, Hannah dragged her brother away as he was screaming and pleading.
" Sage? Are you there? " Sam whispers into her phone as she grips the arm of the waiting room chair tightly, waiting in anticipation for the brunette to respond to what Sam had just revealed. " I talked to Josh a little bit before some doctors came in to do tests. . He's been asking for you a lot, keeps saying he needs to apologize. "
She glances at the alarm clock on her side of the bed, 5:31 AM shining back at her in red, and laughs quietly as Sam's words repeat in her head. Josh had tortured all of his friends for a stupid prank that they had all played on Hannah Washington for a stupid crush on Emily's former boyfriend, Mike Munroe. The craziest thing to Sage though?
She wasn't even apart of it and it felt like she got put through the wringer for no reason.
Sage had supported Josh in the months of guilt, grief, and anger that had followed that fateful night that had changed everything for their group of friends. How did he repay her? Punching her in the face and trying to lock her away.
" Did you tell anybody else? " Sage instead questions, trying to best to defer from what Sam had just told her as she runs a hand through her hair - wincing as a sharp pain ran through her shoulder, another reminder of that fateful night.
" Emily said she needs more time before even attempting to be in the same room as Josh, " Sam tells her as she clutches her phone while glancing around the waiting room nervously, almost like she felt something was about to jump out at her, " Jess. . Jess instantly hung up on me as soon as I said Josh's name. I don't think she even wants to hear about him. I didn't even mention to her anything about seeing him before hanging up. I figured you could tell Mike, it'd be better coming from you. "
