Goddess of Loss by Jennifer Ellision & J.A. Armitage

Author:Jennifer Ellision & J.A. Armitage [Armitage, J.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Enchanted Quill Press
Published: 2020-05-13T05:00:00+00:00

17th May

At some point, the night had given way to day. At the hospital, the medics had rushed Jay into the operating room, and I had been shown to a private room for grieving families. The nurse assured me it was only because they didn’t want the general public staring at me, but it felt appropriate. I was grieving. The loss of my daughter, the possible loss of Jay. No one would give me an idea of if he’d survive the surgery. All I could do was watch the sun come up through the window and sip on weak coffee that was brought to me every half hour or so.

The tears I’d cried so freely before had dried up. The pain was as acute as before, but the tears wouldn’t come. Pressure built in my head, which I was only able to alleviate with the steady flow of coffee.

The manager of the hospital came to ask if I needed anything. I could tell she didn’t quite know what to say to me. I wondered if she’d been told about Fae or if she thought I was only sad over Jay.

“Do you know if he’s all right yet?”

She shook her head sadly. “Not yet. They are doing everything they can. We’ll know more when he’s out of surgery. I promise, he’s got the best of the best looking after him.”

Her words were meant to be a comfort, but they didn’t pierce the wall of pain that surrounded me. “They are doing everything they can” meant nothing.

I paced the room for hours until the door opened, and a familiar face greeted me. It was Williamson. He’d gone home and changed and was now in a fresh uniform. Avery stood behind him.

“Any news?” I asked, but I already knew the answer was no. It was written on their faces. Before they even spoke, I fell into Williamson’s arms and began to weep. The hours of pent-up emotion came pouring out of me in the form of tears.

Williamson and Avery had been my shadows for a long time. They’d gone everywhere I had, watching over me. I’d never thought of them as friends, but now as Williamson held me tight as I drenched his jacket and Avery rubbed my back, I was glad they were there with me.

I didn’t notice when the door opened, but when Williamson pulled back, I saw that the hospital manager had once again entered the room. This time she had a smile on her face, and she beckoned me to follow her out of the room.

We walked down a corridor decorated with bright paintings. I hadn’t noticed when I’d come in, but the hospital was an old stone building with beautiful moldings and a polished stone floor. We stopped at a door with the number 11 on a brass plate screwed to it.

“His doctor is in here with him. I’ll make sure you aren’t disturbed.”

Jay was still asleep, both his legs splinted and bandaged. Next to him, his doctor was writing something in a chart.

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