Dead Serious Case #3 Mr Bruce Reyes: (MM Paranormal RomanceMysteryDark Humour) (Crawshanks Guide to the Recently Departed) by Vawn Cassidy

Author:Vawn Cassidy [Cassidy, Vawn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-20T23:00:00+00:00

14

“Tris!” Danny calls from the other room. “Your phone’s ringing and I can’t reach it!”

I abandon the box I’d been packing in the bedroom and hurry through the flat to the living room where I scoop my phone off the table, my stomach tightening when I realise it’s Sunrise Care Home.

“Hello?” I answer quickly before they can ring off, dropping down onto the sofa next to Danny and curling my foot under me so I’m turned toward him.

“Tristan?” A familiar voice answers. “It’s Lois.”

“Hey, Lois,” I reply. “What’s going on? Is Dad okay?”

She takes a deep breath, and my heart starts to plummet to my stomach. “He’s not doing too well,” she says. “You know how agitated he gets during storms and, well, with this one going on for so many days now, he’s just not settling. I know you and Danny have tried to stay in touch over Skype while you’ve been ill, but things have changed.”

“Like what?” I ask, my eyes meeting Danny’s. “Hang on, let me put you on speakerphone so Danny can hear you.”

“Hey, Lois,” Danny greets her once I change the setting and hold the phone in front of us both.

“Hey, Danny.”

“So, what’s changed with my dad?” I ask nervously.

“It’s difficult to explain,” Lois says. “Like I said, he’s been agitated because of the storm, but he’s also becoming increasingly withdrawn. It’s almost like he’s scared of something.”

“Scared? Of what?” I frown in confusion.

“He seems to be preoccupied with something. All of a sudden, he’ll just stop, and his gaze looks like it’s following something across the room, but there’s nothing there. It’s happened in the day room a few times, but it’s even worse in his bedroom. It’s possible that his condition is just deteriorating, and he’s experiencing hallucinations. We’re going to get the doctors to assess him tomorrow, and they might want to review his medication, but if you’re feeling better, I think you coming to visit him might help. He seems calmer after you and Danny have been by.”

I glance across to Danny, and he nods.

“We’ll be there as soon as we can,” I reply.

“Good, we’ll see you in a bit, then.”

I end the call and stare down at my phone, a familiar heaviness sitting on my chest.

“Hey.”

I feel Danny’s warm fingers under my chin as he tilts my face to meet his eyes.

“I’m not ready, Danny,” I whisper. “Once he deteriorates past a certain point…” I shake my head, blinking back the tears. “I’m not ready to let him go.”

“We haven’t reached that point yet,” he says gently as he cups my face, his thumb skimming my jaw. “We know that storms agitate him. Maybe all he needs is the doctors to adjust his medication slightly to help stabilise him a bit.”

“I hope so.” I swallow past the tightness in my throat. “Every time they phone, I worry. I’m not unrealistic, I know I’m on borrowed time with him, but…”

“I know, baby.” He pulls me in close and wraps his arms around me, rubbing my back.

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