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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!”

his voice

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

the other doctors and nurses rushed forward, quickly administering a sedative

Elijah’s cries had subsided into silence.

by, addressing Tarquin, *Elijah’s condition’s getting worse by the day. You should call Ms. Thorne to have a look at him. You see how he is,

catching his breath from the scare, swallowed hard several times before he could steady himself. He glanced at Elijah,

own chaos when suddenly

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

that?” Elysia

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much different from Corbin’s. He’s got some sort of bipolar disorder,

brow furrowed. His

come quick. Elijah nearly jumped from a window

those words, and she hurried

by the bedside as Elysia glanced at him before her gaze fell on Elijah.

the moment she saw Elijah, her

his eyes tightly shut. She couldn’t make out his face, but there was an uncanny familiarity that gripped her.

pang of empathy clutched at

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