Breakable Moon by Maris Ella

Author:Maris Ella [Ella, Maris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-05-10T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 18

By the time I get home, it’s super late. My mom fell asleep on the sofa waiting up for me. I had texted her what happened earlier so she wouldn’t worry, but it wouldn’t be my mom if she didn’t want to ask me a million questions in person. I tiptoe to my room not to wake her, but I hear a light knock on my door the minute I close it.

Damn, she’s good. After she sees I’m in one piece she asks me how Ace is doing. My voice is struggling to keep it together, but I finish telling her what the doctor said about Ace’s injuries and how I saw him. I didn’t mention anything about Ace’s mom though. My mom would not take that very well. And I don’t think I can handle any more drama tonight. My mom is smart though. She knows I’m not okay. She caresses my arm in a reassuring way and then goes off to bed.

It’s now one-thirty in the morning. I’m trying to sleep, but all I can think about are the two men I saw in the park. I feel my heart picking up speed and not in a good way. The way they were beating the shit out of Ace, is on replay.

Over and over again, I keep picturing the way they kicked him. The way they punched him. The way he was lying on the ground covered in blood, unable to speak, having trouble breathing—I’m starting to feel anxious and scared all over again. I’m trying to breathe in and out slowly, but it’s not really working. I bring my hands over my head and swipe them across my face out of frustration.

I’m never going to get sleep tonight with those images in my head. I’m scrolling through my camera roll on my phone trying to replace my thoughts with some happy selfies that I’ve taken of me and Ace. My friends. But it isn’t working either. I give up and just try to close my eyes. I keep tossing and turning, trying to find a comfortable position. Trying not to think about the past few hours.

I’m hearing my alarm ring. That darn sound is so obnoxious. I bring my arm over to my nightstand and keep tapping around to feel for my phone. I grab it and finally turn that annoying alarm off. I look at the time and it says six-thirty. That’s when I realized I was sleeping. I have a hard time remembering when I fell asleep last night, but it couldn’t be that long ago because I feel like I’ve been hit by a bus. I’ve hardly slept and all I want is to see Ace and to snuggle up next to him to sleep for the rest of the day in his arms. Unfortunately though, I have school. Somehow I find the energy to get out of bed. I get ready and grab a banana from the counter and a water bottle from the fridge.

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