Hitched & Hitched Again: A Comedy of Marital Mayhem

2005

Chapter 42

“Elijah, just take a deep breath, buddy… calm down, Tarquin’s voice was soothing, almost a whisper.

But Elijah wasn’t having it. He stood by the window, glowering with a stormy expression that could scare away any braver soul.

The pediatric specialists from the hospital had all scrambled to the scene, huddling by the door, none daring to approach the fuming child.

Benjamin leaned in and asked the young nurse in a hushed tone, “What’s going on here?”

Tears streaked down the nurse’s face as she replied, “I don’t know, I was right here the whole time. When he woke up, I just asked if he needed anything to drink, and he… he just looked at me and suddenly got all worked up…”

Elijah’s voice cut through the tension, icy and sharp, “I said I only want my mommy.”

“Elijah, listen to me, she’s just a nurse that your Uncle Benjamin and I found for you,

I…”

“I told you, I don’t want anyone but Mommy! I don’t need another woman; I just want mommy! I need my mommy! Mommy! Mommy! Ahhh!”

frenzy, his voice crescendoing as

and holding onto Elijah with a grip. strong enough to save

other doctors and nurses rushed forward, quickly administering a

a minute, Elijah’s cries

by the day. You should call Ms. Thorne to have a look at him. You see how he is,

from the scare, swallowed hard several times before he could steady himself. He glanced at Elijah, then pulled out his phone and dialed, “Bring Elysia to Elijah’s room.”

when suddenly Tarquin had her confined, perplexed, and anxious.

the door burst open, Lowell, in a flurry of urgency, announced he

that?” Elysia inquired.

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not much different from Corbin’s. He’s got

brow furrowed. His

come quick. Elijah nearly

skipped a beat at those words,

bedside as Elysia glanced at him before her gaze

her heart began to

out his face, but there

battered form, a sharp pang of empathy clutched at her