Chapter 41 Elijah
Elijah
Numb.
My body feels absolutely hollow. Like the last of what was keeping me together has been sucked out.
I’ll never know happiness again. I wouldn’t want to even if I could.
Tobias. My angel. My precious perfect angel.
I watch the water from the hole, blurry from the tears in my eyes. Waiting. Waiting to see movement. His hand. Anything.
Firefighters and police officers rush around me. But I can’t see them. I can’t see them. Gwen’s voice breaks somewhere behind me. Hands pull at my arms, but I’m frozen. Unmoving.
Waiting.
Waiting for him to reach for me.
Come on, reach for me.
I bat hands away as they put me in the back of the ambulance. I need to see him. I need to know if he’s okay.
I hear voices trying to calm me down but I can’t hear them. They sound like static in my ears. Sirens wail, but all I hear is the rush of blood in my ears. The blinding lights of the ambulance make everything go white. I can’t listen to anyone or anything. Not until I see him. I need him.
He’s my home.
Tobias. My angel. My precious angel.
Someone sticks me with something sharp but I don’t care.
Bleed me dry. Take everything from me. Just give me my Tobias.
Everything sounds so faraway and muffled but I hear them say “one is responsive”.
My heart swells as my eyelids grow heavy. “Stay with me, Tobias,” I whisper.
Then, everything goes dark.