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My head drops and I stare down at my hands.
They’re covered in death. Literally stained red.
Her perfect little body running down the hall. The unexpected worry that slammed into me when she slipped on the stairs. The pain of landing ass first on the steps to catch her. The feeling of her in my lap, submitting. Curves pressing into me everywhere we touched.
But you didn’t catch her this time.
Because this time you weren’t there.
And this time, she flinched.
Red and blue flashing lights reflect off the walls.
“She’s gonna be alright.” Nero using a reassuring tone does absolutely nothing to reassure me. “She will.” He tells me again then gestures toward the driveway that’s quickly filling up. “I’ll head that off.”
But she’s not gonna be alright.
Not while she’s with me.
That emptiness inside me expands and it’s too much for me to deal with.
She’s not awake, so she doesn’t have to know…
I reach out, resting my hand lightly on her thigh. Her sleep shorts soft under my sticky palm.
“I’ll make it right, Savannah,” I promise in words just for her.
Her chest keeps filling with breath, but her eyes stay closed.
“Bedroom,” I tell Duke. He lifts his head, but doesn’t move. “Bedroom,” I say it firmer this time.
I can tell he doesn’t want to leave her, but he follows his command, disappearing up the stairs as Nero comes back inside, with a couple of paramedics at his back.
I can’t have anyone saying my dog is dangerous. I can’t lose him, too.
“Over here,” I call out, my voice sounding weak.
The two medics start in my direction. “Can we get some more light in here?” one of them asks.
I hadn’t even noticed the thick darkness still around us. The only light currently coming in is from outside.
“I got it,” Nero says before flipping on the main lights.
And I hate it, because Savannah looks so pale in the bright lights.
She looks too broken.
She’s okay.
She’s not broken, she’s alive.
One set of footsteps falter. “Um, what about that other guy?”
“That guy is past saving,” Nero responds.
The paramedics crouch down on the other side of Savannah. “Can you tell us what happened?”
I can feel them looking at me, but I keep my eyes on my wife. “He pushed her down the stairs. I only got here in time to see her hit her head on a step.”
