I didn't take the elevator. I don't like elevators. I don't trust them. I always feel as if they will fall out from under my feet and I will drop down to my death, so I took the stairs. The knot in my throat was getting bigger with every step I took.
The cafeteria is on the last floor of the hospital. The cafeteria is closed but Cal and Chris were still downstairs. They were sitting in the little vending machine area. I didn't go in. I just stood there, frozen. Everything sinking in.
My body starts to go numb. It starts at my head and travels slowly down to my legs. My legs start to give way beneath me. Chris catches me and helps me sink to the floor. The tears don't stop. I can't stop them.
"I got you. I got you," Chris whispers wrapping his arms tighter around me. He places his hand on my face and hold my head to his chest. Someone is screaming but I don't know where it is coming from.
Shawn wasn't getting better. I was going to lose him. It wasn't supposed to be this way. We were gonna get married and grow old together. We were going to build our own house on our own farm. We had so many plans, but they no longer matter anymore.
I need more time. More time to tell him how much I love him. More time to tell him that he means the world to me. More time to spend with him. More time to tell him that he made me happy when no one else could. How he chased everything away that scared me and made me feel safer than anyone could, that he was my knight.
Chris rocked me back and forth whispering to me. I couldn't stop crying. The tears kept coming, falling from my face onto his black jacket.
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Ring of Fire (Completed) Book 1 Vanelzing Series
Fiction généraleAlexis McCulluman didn't know what to expect when the Vanelzing's moved in. She thought they would be just another family in her small little town. Little did she know her life was about to be turned upside down. Follow Alexis as she journeys on a r...
