Never Let It Go by Emily Moreton

Author:Emily Moreton [Moreton, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Amazon: B00KP578YQ
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Published: 2014-05-30T04:00:00+00:00

WILL KNEW what time the unit was landing, and he’d done enough homecomings to take a reasonable guess at how long it would be before they could get a moment to turn their phones on and make contact. He added an extra hour to the estimate, just so he could tell himself not to start panicking too early, but even with all that, he still found himself staring at his cell, trying to will it to ring through the power of his mind, a good two hours before he could reasonably expect a call.

When the phone did ring, forty-five minutes after Will had begun staring at it, he startled so badly that he knocked the phone off the couch and had to fumble for it, ignoring the way his ribs protested at the movement. He didn’t even bother checking the Caller ID, just hit Accept Call and shoved the phone up to his face. “Hello?”

His voice was shaking. His stomach cramped in a ball of anxiety, and his skin prickled with cold.

“Will?” Oh God, that was Ade’s voice, clear and sharp and obviously calling from home. “Hey, babe, it’s me.”

Will really meant to say something intelligent—welcome home or it’s good to hear your voice or hell, even just hello again. The sound that actually came out of his mouth was a terrible, wrenching sob, like someone had cracked his heart open. It should have been relief—it was relief—but there was something else there, stronger and worse, and he couldn’t keep it inside, not for anything. It had been there, lurking, since the explosion that he couldn’t remember, and now it was coming out.

“Will? Hey, whoa, what’s wrong?”

Will pressed a hand to his mouth, trying to stop. His whole body was drawn tense and shaking with it, his eyes burning with tears.

“Hold on, just give me a second.” Ade sounded like he was moving, between the rustle of clothing and the way the echo on the other end of the line changed. “Okay, I’m back. Isaac’s keeping Mom occupied, just—did something happen?”

Will shook his head, then made himself say, “No,” in the hope that would make Ade stop sounding so scared. He wasn’t even sure the word made any sense. “You’re safe?”

Ade laughed, though it sounded a little too sharp to really be amusement. “Yeah, babe, we’re both safe. Landed an hour or so ago, finally grabbed a minute to call you. Isaac says hi. He’ll call too in a bit. We can’t just both disappear. His parents didn’t manage to make the trip, so I’m not sure why he’s with Mom instead of me, but I wasn’t going to argue if it meant I got to hear your voice….”

Ade kept talking, soothing and easy. After a couple more sentences, Will closed his eyes and just let the sound wash over him, only half paying attention to the words. Every time he heard Ade pause for breath, the terrible thing inside him seemed to ease, until finally, he managed to get the sobbing under control.

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