NO OTHER WAY by Willow Rose

Author:Willow Rose [Rose, Willow]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BUOY MEDIA LLC
Published: 2020-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 30

I felt like we had become regulars at the Jackson Memorial Hospital the past few years. I, for one, had spent enough time in there, waiting for news of my loved ones, paralyzed with fear, with no other tools to help me but my prayers.

I was bent over, mumbling under my breath, pleading with God not to take Camille away again when I felt Jean’s hand on my shoulder.

“I’m sure she’ll be okay.”

I lifted my head and looked at Jean, then at her bloody clothes. The front of her white T-shirt was completely soaked, and Camille’s blood was smeared on her arms and face. She even had some in her hair. Jean had managed to stop the bleeding using a dishtowel and applying constant pressure to the wound before the ambulance came. The paramedics had told me they believed that might have saved Camille from bleeding out and maybe even saved her life.

Again, she came to our rescue. How could I ever thank her enough?

“It was scary,” she said.

Jean’s frightened eyes lingered on me.

“When will this ever end, Harry?”

I shook my head in disbelief. “When I shut up.”

She leaned back with a deep exhale. “I can’t believe they’d…I mean…come on!”

I nodded in agreement. It was, by far, one of the scariest minutes of my life. Luckily, both Josie and I had made it through without a scratch. She was sitting in a chair on the other side of me, eyes staring blankly into the air, in a state of complete shock. I put my arm around her and pulled her close. Her body was shaking in my arms, but she wasn’t crying. She was just staring into thin air, barely even blinking, hardly breathing.

“Maybe it’s time I cave in,” I said, addressed to Jean. “Maybe I’ve reached my limit now.”

She sat up straight and gave me one of her looks, reminding me of my mother the time I had told her I was going to quit playing baseball because someone on the team was picking on me. I had trouble running fast because I had grown so much very fast and become clumsy and unable to control my long limbs almost overnight.

“You listen to me,” she had said back then, giving me that exact same look. “If you give in to a bully, you empower him. You give him complete power over you. Instead, you show them what you’re made of, Harry. You become the best and the fastest.”

And so, I did. Once I realized those long legs could be used for running really fast, I had become the star of the team within months, and no one bullied me again. I still knew this to be true; you shouldn’t give in just because you go through resistance or because people were pushing against you. But this was different. This was becoming dangerous.

“Don’t you dare even say that,” Jean said. “I will not hear those words leave your lips again, Harry Hunter.”

It was always serious with Jean when she called me by my full name.

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