Shadows In Durango
Chapter 120-1
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Sofia’s POV
I forced myself to stay awake despite everything I had gone through during my time trapped in Ashtons basement – my body crying nut for sheer test that I only continued to deny.
I felt guilty to rest, not when Daryl was down the corridor fighting for his own life because of met
It was a luxury I wasn’t prepared to grant myself.
I didn’t deserve to rest, not yet at least.
Emma seemed to have dozed off, her head resting on my shoulder at gradually grew numb with the longer that she leaned on it, but I didn’t care too much about it,
Reid remained quiet, as he flicked through his phone unable to fully focus on anything that popped up, seeming to look up few minutes or so towards the same door that Vincent had disappeared through earlier.
I assumed that he must ve got let through to see him which I was at east glad about since he hadn’t come back….
He needed to see him way more that
n any of us right now,
Watching the officers tie Vincent up and drag him off in the police car as though he were the one who had committed the crimes belonging to Ashton, broke me. Especially knowing how worried he must’ve been down at the station knowing that his best friend was here in critical condition.
Swallowing hard, I use my free hand to reach up and scrub at my raw eyes – demanding that they don’t give up on me just yet,
I need to stay awake, just to find out if Daryl is ok….
It had already been long, draining hours of just sitting here waiting, seeing a number of patients come and go as the day quickly turned to night around us.
We had met with Daryl’s aunt Amelia who had gone outside for a cigarette a number of times since being here too barely saying two words each time she passed by only offering us a small wave of a sad, painted on smile.
I could tell she was a kind lady, although deeply saddened by what was going on, and I mean,
who could blame her? Her nephew was stuck unconscious from a bullet wound!
Sighing again, I pull my bottom lip in to my teeth and begin to chewit, using it as a brief distraction as 1 nipped at the cut skin.
I feel like I should be doing more right now but th
now but there wasn’t much could offer in terms of help.
I felt very useless in all of this. I was simply a burden to them…
Glancing around at the same pale yellow walls, with my gaze skimming by each poster and sign that I had already read over hundred times by now; each one promoting optimal health and new realments, I struggle to find anything new to look at..
But just
I thought I couldn’t stand another minute of the waiting the doar aver to the far right swung open with a loud bang only before Vincent himself came rushing through, his face pale, lur eyes wide and frantic.
My heart stopped for a second, thinking that perhaps I was hallucinating, but I instinctively sit up straighter, causing Emma to stir beside inc. She blinked blearly, yawning as she tried to shake off the sleep to see what was going on.
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Reid shot up to his feet in an instant, his phone slipping out of his hand and clattering down on to the floor. “What’s happened?!” he demanded to know, his voice taut with fear.
For a split second. Vincent didn’t even acknowledge us. His gaze swept over our email top but instead of coming towards us, 1 darted past, his footsteps heavy and hurried as he ran for the exit door.
My stomach dropped at that.
Something seemed wrong.
What if something in there had gone terribly? Why was he running out like that?!
Reid turned to me, his face drained of color. What the hell is going on?” His voice wavered, reflection of the fear clawing at my DIST chest.
1–I don’t know,” I stammered, panic surging through me as I looked around at the empty room expecting to find some sort of clue that wasn’t there.
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Shadows In Durango
Chapter 120-2
In that moment I couldn’t breathe, I couldn’t move, I was frozen in solute fear of what was yet
Vincent wouldn’t have ran out like that unless he was overwhelmed or upset, right?!
Emma rubbed her eyes, still half as
asleep. “What’s happening? Is Daryl
to come…
“I don’t know!” I cut her off, my voice trembling harshly. “Just… letust wait here. I stutter, as they both nod along, eyes wide and mouths hanging open.
I stood up on shaky legs, but before I could take a step or go anywhite, Vincent came back through the entrance, this time with Daryl’s aunt Amelia in tow who had been outside for fresh air that she told us she needed.
My eyes scanned over her face next, but it wasn’t giving much away, and she didn’t stop to say a word to us either as she walked quickly by.
Her steps seemed rushed d and determined as she headed straight down that same daunting corridor towards Daryl’s
I’s room…
Vincent stopped near the entrance, leaving her to go forward alone, bending forward slightly with his hands resting on his knees as he tried to catch his breath.
His chest heaved before us, and sweat glistened on his forehead as neither of the three of us said a word at the sight of him.
What was going on?!
“Vincent?” Reid’s voice was small, almost childlike, as he finally decided to be the one to speak up. “Is Daryl…?”
Vincent instantly
y straightened up, as though he had just remembered about us being here, as he remained panting with his eyes locking with ours.
There was a moment of silence as he tried to compose himself, the weight of our expectant stares pressing down on him before he eventually shuffled his way closer towards us
Then, finally, he spoke…
“Daryl… he’s woke up.” 1
up.” His voice was raspy, filled with heavy disbell, as if he couldn’t quite grasp the reality of the words himself.
A gasp escaped me, and I felt my knees go weak as I collapsed back in to the chair I had spent hours seated in.
Tears immediately blurred my vision, and I covered any mouth, overwhelmed with sheer relief.
Hes awake?! He pulled through? Is that a cert that he’s going to be?!
Reid stood frozen for
a moment before he swore out ‘fuck under his breath, pacing back and forth, his hands running through his
Emma, still half asleep, sat up straighter, blinking rapidly as she tries to process what Vincent had just said looking between us all.
“He… he woke up?” she mumbled, reciting the news again as Vincent nodded along-
“Yeah, he’s fell back asleep now though but the nurses said not to worry about that, he will just be exhausted; Vincent nodded, wiping his brow with the back of his hand. “He’s still weak, but he’sive and getting better they said. The nurse said he’s stable.. He concludes, as I shudder at the much awulted update. he co
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The tears I had been holding in finally broke
broke free again, spilling out own my cheeks as I felt my body melt in to the cold plastic of
My body shook with sobs, the weight of everything crashing down on me all at once. I hadn’t realised just how tightly I’d been holding on to the fear of losing him until now.
“Oh thank God!” I whimper, inhaling a heavy deep breath. “Thank God he’s made it through this! I continue, as I glance up at Vincent to find he was now staring down at me with a blank stare.
He still seemed like he didn’t want to fully acknowledge or talk to me directly, as his eyes seemed to hold many words left unsaid between us….
Would he ever be able to forgive me for what happened to his friend?
If I never would have walked in to their lives in the first place, none of this would have happened….
I had well and truly bulldozed my way through their peace and happiness, seeming to destroy everything that they had before I came in to the mix, and for that, I don’t think I can even forgive myself.
Nothing would ever be the same for me here…
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