Chapter Seven
WES
I don’t want this. I don’t want to feel like this. But the yelling, the words… They broke something in my head, and I can’t seem to get out of it.
I can’t lose Zeke. I can’t lose him. I can’t lose Nathan, or Clay. I can’t lose any of them.
Why don’t they get that? Why don’t they see that? I can’t be without them.
I feel sick. My stomach’s hurting, my whole body burning up, everything around me is so blurry. I can’t even make sense of what’s going on. I just…
No.
I can’t lose them. Never.
Never.
Zeke and Nathan’s arms are around me now. I can feel them, I can sense them. They will make me feel safe. This will be okay. Just as long as they stay here with me. I will be okay.
I thought this was over. I thought this didn’t happen anymore. I thought that the panic att
