TESSA
I stared at the wall with my phone still pressed to my ear but all I could hear were static sounds. My mouth was dry and bitter and my tongue was heavy as it sat in my mouth, it was as if the right words might form or I could utter them but I knew it wouldn’t because nothing came. I could hear Amanda on the other end of the phone, her voice was filled with urgency, maybe even tears but I would not let myself care enough to notice. Not after everything.
“He’s in the hospital, Tessa. The doctors said that if…”
I ended the call before she could finish her sentence. My heart was in my throat.
For a while, I sat still and let the feeling swallow me. My hands shook as I dropped my phone on the bedside table. The room felt too small, like the walls were closing in on me, trying to suff
