Eileen Forbes Diary Entry

Diary,

Since getting home from the hospital I've felt ... different.

Mom and I are much closer now. It's not just because we're under stress from the police investigation into Dad's death or the investigation into my shooting. It's because she almost lost me. We are pulling together the way we never have before.

The first thing that I did when I got home was give her a huge hug.



We stayed up late talking and playing chess.



Mom even had some fun in the new nightclub I had built in back of the house.





We're trying to get back to normal as much as possible, even though the police are breathing down our necks. They think we had something to do with Daddy's death! But they cannot explain my attack. They believe it was just random and it's not connected to Daddy. I believe something else is going on, though. I just don't know what.

As I said, though, I feel very different. I tried to get back to feeling normal. I even gave myself a makeover and bought some new clothes.





But makeup and clothes don't hide the fear I have...fear that someone or something will attack me again.

Plus, there is something else that I haven't told Mom. I haven't told anyone this yet, but it makes me even more scared for my life. You see, I don't have to just be worried about myself anymore. While in the hospital, they ran tests to make sure I had the right blood type and everything. Well, they also found out something else.

I'm pregnant. And I don't know who the father is.