A Tough Choice

Chapter Thirty Seven

"Has anyone seen Ethan?!" I heard Rita calling.

I sighed and quickly washed my hands. I hated working in cubicles, I always seemed to get the messy jobs.

"Were you looking for me?" I asked Rita as I walked over to her.

"Yes, the police are here, they want to talk to you about Emma's accident." she told me.

"They are waiting in the staff room." she added.

I sighed and entered the staff room.

I eventually emerged half an hour later.

"How did it go?" Rita asked me.

"Fine, I just told them everything that had happened." I said.

"Are you okay?" she asked me worridly.

"Yeah, just talking about it brought it all back I guess." I admitted.

She smiled and placed her hand on my shoulder.

"She's on the mend now though." she pointed out.

"That won't change the fact that it was my fault." I whispered.

"Ethan!" she exclaimed.

"You can't think like that, you had nothing to do with it." she added.

"I let Caleb get under my skin and we had an argument, it was because she was looking at me that she got hit." I said sadly.

"And the worst part is that the last conversation we had was me being angry with her." I added.

"She knows that you love her, she doesn't remember that at the moment but she will." she reassured me.

"I can't wait any longer, I miss her so much." I told her.

"I know you do." she said gently.

I sniffed, trying to control the tears that were threatening to spill.

"Oh Ethan." she said sadly as she pulled me into a hug.

"You two look cozy." I heard Caleb say as he entered the room.

"Don't start!" I warned him.

He glared at me as I quickly walked away to resume my duties.