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 he lunged towards the window.

onto Elijah with a grip. strong enough to save him from any

nurses rushed forward, quickly

a minute, Elijah’s cries had subsided

day. You should call Ms. Thorne to have a look at him. You see how he is, and then there’s

swallowed hard several times before he could steady himself.

of her own chaos when

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

Who’s that?” Elysia inquired.

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different from Corbin’s. He’s got some sort

brow furrowed. His child?

quick. Elijah nearly jumped

heart skipped a beat at those

the bedside as Elysia glanced at him before her

moment she saw Elijah, her heart began to

was wrapped in bandages, his eyes tightly shut. She couldn’t make out his face, but there was an

a sharp pang of