the dreaded red cross

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(Elijah's pov)
My heart feels like it stopped beating as I burst through the hospital doors. I nearly forget that Alex is with me, and I grip his hand.

I rushed to the counter where a lady looked at me.

"You must be Elijah."

"Yes."

"Room 245, 3rd level." She says with a tone of guilt.

I waste not a second and rush to the elevator. Alex keeps looking at me, I must not be showing emotion. I hurry when the doors open, and I scurry until I find room 245. I practically crash through the doors.

A nurse stands there looking at me while I walk to the bed.

There he lies, dead, his face not even moving an inch.

His cold-blooded eyes, they'll never open again.

The attitude that escapes his mouth when it's opened.

He'll never be here again.

I stare at the gunshot wound.

How could somebody do this to my older brother??

Jared, no matter how big of a jerk he was, didn't deserve this.

I stare at the wound still.

My older brother is gone, forever.

And I'm gonna kill the motherfucker who did this.

Alex looks at me in fear.

I can't help but stare.

My heart wants to cry, and it aches, yet nothing comes out of my eyes.

I look at the police officer in the corner who's been observing us the whole time. "Who did it." I say in a stern voice.

He grabs his handcuffs.

"You."

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