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!”

voice crescendoing as he lunged towards the

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

forward, quickly administering a sedative

cries had subsided into

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

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

when suddenly Tarquin had her confined, perplexed, and

in a flurry of urgency, announced he was taking her

that?”

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Corbin’s. He’s got some

furrowed.

nearly jumped from

at those words, and

by the bedside as Elysia glanced at him before

the moment she saw Elijah, her heart began to race

make out his face, but

pang of