Trustworthy help

25. Surprises.

I park my car and make my way up to my apartment.

When I get there I realize I forgot my keys. 'Fuck.' I grumble. I knock, hoping corpse came home already. There's no answer so I knock again. 'Hey it's me, I forgot my keys.' I hear rustling before the door opens.

My jaw nearly drops.

'Wha- what's this?' I ask in a high pitched voice. Corpse's hair is done neatly as he wears a white dress shirt and black pants. He smiles softly as he looks me over. 'Hi.' He says as he steps aside to let me in. I step inside and my eyes immediately fall on the room. At He dinner table is set neatly as the room is illuminated in candle light. 'What have you done?" I ask with a laugh. 'Bit late to ask but, how about a date?' He asks as he places his hand on my hip as he stands behind me. My heart flutters as the cute scene in front of me. 'You did all this?' I ask. 'You like it?' He asks as he steps away from me. I look at him and smile before letting out a laugh. 'What?' He asks. I look away and let out a deep breath 'you look even better.' I say before looking up at him 'How?' I ask with a chuckle. His cheeks turn red. He walks up and pulls me closer, careful not to hurt me. I wrap my arms around his neck and give him a quick kiss. 'This is a nice surprise.' I say. 'Then have a seat, I'll bring out the food.' He says. I nod and sit down, watching him walk to the kitchen.

We eat dinner.
It's his usual cooking which made it even more adorable.

'I'll go clean up, take it easy for a bit.' He says as he carries out plates. I follow him to the kitchen quietly. He doesn't hear me, so when he turns around he bumps into me as I'm not careful with the distance. He falls against the wall as I land against him. 'Christ. Sorry.' I say as I try to move off of him. I flinch as the wound on my abdomen stings when I move. 'Hang on.' Corpse says as he lifts me up. I wrap my arms around his waist and hang onto him. 'you good?' He asks as look at me with concern. I cling to him for a second, not wanting to ever let go. 'Are you okay?' He asks again as he sets me down on the kitchen counter, standing between my legs. 'Just let me stay like this for a while. Just let me stay close to you.' I say. his hand runs soothingly up and down my back. 'Stay as long as you'll like.' He says. I grip his shoulder as I hold on as tightly as I can, like for some reason, he'd leave. He'd yell at me like before my leave. Like he'd get scared and will run off.

My phone rings, making me open my eyes. 'That's yours.' Corpse says as he steps back. I whine, making him chuckle and help me off. I get my phone and answer my sisters call.
'Eve?'
'Amelia, it's dad. He's- he....'

She sniffles after rushing her words.

'Take a deep breath, what happened?'
'He's about to kill himself! We need to go there.'
'What are you talking about?'
'Staff of the home just called about him being on the roof. He wants to kill himself.'

My face turns angry. Eve won't be able to live with herself if he does.

'I'll head there, are you okay?'
'Micheal is driving. We're on our way too.'
'Okay, just make sure Tyler doesn't get caught in all this.'
'I will, Micheal will take him to mom after.'
'Alright. Just hang tight, I'll be there.'
'Okay, that you.'

I end the call, throwing my phone onto the table in anger as I put on my coat. 'I gotta go.' I say as corpse watches me. 'What's going on?' He asks. 'I promise I'll tell you when I'm back, it's urgent. I say as I grab my phone. 'I'll drive.' Corpse says before I can grab my car keys. I look up at him, but not having time to argue, I set outside, having him follow.

I sit in the passenger seat, biting my lip out of nervous habit.

We arrive at the home my father stays at. Eve is waiting, Micheal holding a upset Tyler in his arms. 'Eve get Tyler out of here.' I say as I close the car door. The wind blows hard, moving my coat in the wind. Ambulances, police, and firefighters are here. The siren and lights give off an eerie vibe. 'I don't know what to do with him.' She says. Corpse walks up next to me. 'Could you please take Tyler somewhere? Anywhere.' I ask him. He looks at the scene in front of the building before looking at me. 'Please, he shouldn't be here.' I say. He looks at the scared little boy in Michaels arms, getting some emotional reaction from him that he hides well. 'Sure.' He says. Micheal hands Tyler over to him and he hugs him close. 'I'll be back for you.' He says. I smile sadly as I shake my head 'take care of Tyler. I'll come back with Eve and Micheal.' I say. He looks worried but kisses me quickly and gets into the car. I watch them drive off before I turn to Eve. 'Can we just push through?' I ask. 'No, follow me.' She says. We jog up to the building, the owner coming up to us. 'Good you two are here. 'You can go up there, see what's going on. Police will too.' He says. Eve looks terrified. 'Stay inside the building, I'll go up there.' I tell her. She seems frozen in place so I pull Micheal aside. 'Keep her inside at all costs. I don't want her to see him jump if he does.' I tell him sternly. He nods and we all head upstairs. I want to walk on with the police, but Eve grabs my wrist 'please stop him, Amelia. Please.' She begs. I quickly hug her 'I'll try. I promise I'll try.' I say.

I take a deep breath when I'm at style bottom of the stairs.

I have to fix this for Eve.