Modern Crusaders by unknow

Author:unknow
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2012-08-27T02:35:04+00:00

Chapter 13

Evelynne sat on the hard, uncomfortable chair in the hospital hallway with her face in her hands and tried to control her roiling emotions. Around her other patients, doctors, and families dealt with their own situations, and a television played in one corner, but they all sounded like they were on the other side of a thick glass wall. Evelynne’s thoughts whirled around and around; memories of how she had come to be here mixing with older ones, shock, worry and a sense of betrayal. She can’t have meant to do it, a small voice tried to make itself heard. She was drunk, or sick, or—or

She really wanted all this to be a nightmare, wake up next to her lover’s comforting presence, and crawl into a warm embrace until it was all better again.

Maybe she did mean to do it, another part said. Maybe she’s changed, just like she was always worried she would. It was a concern of Ally’s, Evelynne knew, that her expanding mental abilities would one day change her thought processes so much that she would no longer think in the same way others did. Is this some way that she’s changed, that she’s no longer the Ally I know? Is she—

“Sophia?” Evelynne didn’t register the soft voice next to her. “Sophia?” Still nothing. “Evelynne?” That name made her come back to herself with a start, and her head jerked up to see Claire’s variegated face. Claire smiled hesitantly at her still-stunned face and held out an object. “I got you something to drink. It’s orange juice,” she continued apologetically. “You really don’t want to try the coffee they have around here.”

Evelynne took the proffered bottle automatically and looked down again. “Thanks,” she said dully. “I—” She swallowed convulsively. “I—”

Claire wrapped a gentle arm around her, drawing her head down, and holding Evelynne, who began to sob into her shoulder. She murmured meaningless comfort words into the redhead’s ear until the cries slowed and stopped. Evelynne finally pulled away slightly, but remained leaning against her friend. “It’ll be okay, Evelynne,” Claire murmured in a tone that was deliberately convincing. “She’ll be okay. She’s just

” she trailed off uncertainly.

“I know,” Evelynne said, smiling sadly, although it was uncertain what she was agreeing to. “I want

” She faltered, the wish unspoken but not unheard.

A white-coated doctor emerged from behind a closed door, and Claire shook Evelynne slightly to draw her attention. Evelynne bolted to her feet and stood anxiously as the doctor made a note on a chart and walked closer. “Sophia Doherty?” she asked. Evelynne nodded. Drawing the other two women into a quieter corner, the doctor smiled a professionally reassuring smile. “I’m Doctor Turner. Allison Parks, she’s your friend?”

“She’s my partner,” Evelynne said. “My fianc?e.” Her stare dared the doctor to make something of it, but it lacked the fire it usually had.

Dr Turner just took it in stride. “We’ve managed to calm her with a mild sedative,” she continued. “I have some other questions I need to ask.

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