A Second Chance at Forever novel (Eleanor and Bernard)

Chapter 1059

The area was as dark as a crypt, with only the weak glow of a distant streetlight casting an eerie light on the overgrown bramble bush in front, exposing a large indentation in the earth

Cedric stepped towards the brambles, bending over, his hands shaking as he pushed aside the prickly foliage

The sight that met him – Hailey, lying on the ground, her clothes torn, her body smeared with blood–shocked him to his core

He’d never experienced such terror before. It was as if his blood had suddenly frozen in his veins

His heart pounded against his chest, feeling as though it had been dropped into an abyss, the sheer dread robbing him of breath.

He tried to speak, to say something to Hailey, but the words refused to leave his throat.

It was as if someone had clenched his throat in a vice. All he could do was extend a shaky hand to touch Hailey’s icy face

At his touch, Hailey flinched. She tried to move but found she couldn’t

Her tears mixed with the blood, trickling from the corner of her eyes

‘Please, don’t touch me please

Hearing her plea, Cedric’s heart ached so much he could hardly breathe

“Hailey, it’s me!

stopped Hailey in her tracks

dry eyes towards him, slowly lifting her eyelids

and she could hardly make out his face,

matter who you are, don’t touch me… please, don’t

Cedric’s eyes welled

it’s me,

Cedric

it’s you, Cedric

want you

wanting him to see her in this

also in cuts and scrapes from the brambles, too many to count

crouched down, his heart

Hailey up, ignoring the blood on her neck, and buried his head

afraid, I’ll take you home”

knelt down on one knee, holding her tenderly, in a way

didn’t want him to see her like this, but she was

clutching, and buried

enjoy this

wrapped it

to leave with Hailey in his arms, a hand suddenly

dragged Hailey into the brambles seized Cedric’s foot, his blood stained face looking up

ambulance I cant