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

with athletic grace, grabbing and holding onto Elijah with a

the other doctors and nurses rushed forward, quickly administering a

half a minute, Elijah’s cries had

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

could steady himself. He glanced at Elijah, then pulled out his phone and dialed, “Bring Elysia

middle of her own chaos when suddenly Tarquin had her confined, perplexed, and anxious.

door burst open, Lowell, in a flurry of urgency, announced he was taking her to see Elijah.

that?” Elysia

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

furrowed.

Elijah nearly jumped from a

those words, and she

remained vigilant by the bedside as Elysia glanced at him before her gaze fell on

her heart

She couldn’t make out his face, but there was an uncanny

his battered form, a sharp pang of empathy clutched