•Hazel
Rushing into the hospital with Miracle on my hip, I frantically looked around, trying to spot Joyce. Finally seeing her, I ran over to her so she could update me.
"Mama what happened!?" She could barely catch her breath. Her freaking out made me freak out as I assumed the worse.
"Chris!... He- he got shot!" She sobbed, burying her face in her hands as her legs buckled. My stomach did all kinds of flips and turns when she said that.
"Shot!? Is he dead!?" She shook her head no. Sariyah started to cry, seeing me and her Meme freaking out.
"He got into an argument with someone at the club and they shot him Hazel! He's in surgery right now!" I had to sit down, or else me and Riyah would've been on the floor.
"Lord please, pleeeaaasee. I know Chris and I aren't on the best terms right now but please God, please! I can't lose him Jesus, not right now.." Some of the doctors came over, trying to calm me down. I wasn't gonna calm down until my baby came out of that room alive.
"Can I see him?" I asked, after wiping my face with the sleeve of my jacket.
"He's in surgery right now, no one is allowed back there expect the doctors." I rolled my eyes and snatched my phone out of my back pocket. Somebody gotta come get my baby, I don't like her seeing us like this.
"Mama?"
"You crying?"
"Mama come get Sariyah from the hospital."
"What happened to Sariyah!?"
"Nothing. Chris... Chris got shot." She gasped.
"Are you serious?"
"Please just come get Sariyah. I'm in here finna have a heart attack. They got him in surgery and I just..." I buried my forehead in the palm of my hand, feeling my emotions beginning to work up again.
"Okay Okay, i'm on the way. What hospital?"
"The emergency room mama."
"I'm on my way, just try to keep calm." I hung up the phone and stuffed it in my pocket. I laid Riyah's head on my chest so she wouldn't have to watch her Meme's break down. My heart was pounding like hell but she'll be alright.
"My baby didn't do anything to deserve this." She said, sounding like she was talking to herself or God one.
"He wouldn't hurt a fly, who was evil enough to put a billet through my baby's chest... I don't get it." I closed my eyes, wishing I could tune her out as a million and one thoughts raced through my brain.
"Hazel..." I ignored her and kept my eyes closed. I felt like throwing up, that's how hard and fast my heart was pumping. I felt like I was in a movie, only these emotions aren't fake.
"Ms. Hawkins?" I looked up as a doctor came through some double doors. Mama jumped up and met him half way.
"...We tried everything we could." Was all I heard before everything around me drowned out. I couldn't hear the doctor or mama's screams that I'm sure were filling the emergency room. I just sat there staring off into space, not even blinking. I immediately felt empty, like every ounce of life I had in me had been sucked out by a demon. I couldn't move or talk, think or hear. It was all numb..
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My eyes popped open abruptly and my heart beat a mile a second. I sat up and grabbed my forehead, as I had a pounding headache from crying in my sleep.
