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!”

into a frenzy, his voice crescendoing as he lunged towards the window.

leaped forward with athletic grace, grabbing and holding onto Elijah with a grip. strong

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

cries

the day. You should call

catching his breath from the scare, swallowed hard several times before he could steady himself. He glanced at Elijah, then pulled out his phone and dialed, “Bring

the middle of her own chaos when suddenly Tarquin had her confined,

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

that?” Elysia

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Corbin’s.

furrowed.

better come quick. Elijah nearly jumped from

skipped a beat at those words, and she hurried after Lowell.

the bedside as Elysia glanced at him before her

the moment she saw Elijah, her heart began to race

She couldn’t make out his face, but there

form, a sharp pang