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!”

his voice crescendoing as

grabbing and holding onto Elijah with a grip. strong enough to save him from any fall.

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

cries had subsided into

pediatrician bandaged Elijah’s wounds, Benjamin stood by, addressing Tarquin, *Elijah’s condition’s getting worse by the day. You should

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.”

the middle of her own chaos when suddenly Tarquin had

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

Who’s that?”

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much different from Corbin’s. He’s

brow furrowed.

nearly jumped from a window today.”

those

bedside as Elysia glanced

saw Elijah, her heart

shut. She couldn’t make out

form, a sharp pang of