Raised by Enablers
HANNAH’S POV:
A FEW HOURS LATER:
It was currently five hours after Elijah was rushed to the hospital and there was still word from any of the medical personnels. The clock on the waiting room wall ticked in agonizing slowness, every second stretching into eternity. I sat slumped on the cold bench, blood drying on my hands and shirt, my thoughts looping the same horrifying images again and again, Janet’s voice in that costume, the gun, Elijah stepping in front of me, the sound of the shot. The waiting area was a mess of whispers, footsteps, and prayers. The nurses moved back and forth, their faces polite but closed. No updates. No reassurance. Nothing.
Everyone had come in, Jacob flew in after his game still in his uniform, Martin and Lucas had been the first to arrive, as well as Maya who had been trying to get me to eat something and also take the twins home but they wouldn’t leave my side.
I had to plead with them as my heart was breaking thinking about how they had to witness all of this, “Baby, you have to go home now. Elijah is going to be fine.”
I always tried to shield them from the dangers and horrors of this word because at the end of the day, they were still my babies but I guess I couldn’t ever do that.
With tears in Amelia’s eyes, she asked, “You promise Daddy’s going to be okay?”
I almost burst into tears when she said that and I nodded saying in a high pitched tone, “Yes! I promise.”
It was as they left after hugging Andrew tightly that I realized that Amelia had called him ‘Daddy’, if…when… Elijah wakes up and hears it, his heart would be so full and he would smile so big. 1
I embraced Maya tightly and muttered an appreciation to her, “Thank you, I will keep you updated.”
She nodded and said, “And you should eat something, I will be back with fresh clothes.”
She was truly a God sent friend.
Just as she was leaving, Cherry was walking in her uniform and she embraced me tightly making me about to break into tears, “I just landed, any update?”
I shook my head and she let out a deep sigh, and I noticed she and Jacob made eye contact.
Martin sat across from me, head in his hands, muttering prayers under his breath even though they weren’t that close, that was his brother at the end of the day. Lucas stood by the window, arms crossed tightly, his eyes red- rimmed and distant.
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