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Elena looked through the crowd, her eyes searching for the person who had mentioned Alex’s full name, but no one had openly admitted to being the one who said the name.Soon, a younger man in a bloodstained scrub top lifted a hand, almost apologetic. “The only Alex any of us know around here is the medical genius. Dr. Alexander Thorne. He has performed so many medical miracles that we all know him.” He explained.Elena looked at him like she couldn’t understand what he was saying. Alex had performed so many medical miracles? She almost doubted if it was the same Alex she knew, but she’d heard his last name, and she was sure it was him.Her wide eyes grew even wider, she knew he used to be a doctor, but she didn’t think he was so much of a doctor that he would be regarded as a genius, she never let herself read any article written about him.To her, Alex would always be her househusband, the man she’d settled for because Marcus wasn’t around, but here…. Right now, he seemed to be a lot
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Her hands shook, and her palms were so clammy that every time she rubbed them together, they almost stuck. Her chest heaved with each breath of the pungent air that she took.“No.” She murmured, she wanted to move, but her legs felt as though they’d been glued to the spot, she couldn’t move them. “No.” She murmured again as if they’d bodies would disappear if she said the word ‘No’ enough.Her eyes stayed glued on the still bodies on the ground, cold chills ran down her spine, and her body felt heavier than usual. “There’s no way Alex is going to be among them.”No way.She remembered the words of her private investigator, and her entire body went even more rigid as the thought slammed through her skull like a physical blow. Her knees locked, and the dusty air thickened until every breath scraped her throat raw.The tears spilled out of her eyes before she could stop them, heart pounding so hard she could feel it in her teeth, in the tips of her fingers, in the hollow behind her eyes.
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Her eyes bore holes into the ceiling as she stared, keeping her gaze glued there. She needed someone to talk to, she needed someone to tell what she planned on doing, but there was a part of her that said Marcus wasn’t that person.Elena agreed with that part, she spent years of her life without Marcus, and it was agonizing, and although she wanted Alex back, she doesn’t want Marcus to leave her again.Sighing, Elena made her way slowly and quietly out of bed, taking her phone with her. She got to the balcony, and called the only person she could think of calling.“Hello.” Halsey’s voice was gruff as she answered. “Elena? Is something wrong? Are you okay?”Elena sniffled, rubbing her eyes. “I’m okay, I just…. I really needed someone to talk to.” She responded, and Elena could hear shuffling sounds.“Okay? Is this about Alex?” Halsey asked, already figuring out that the only reason her best friend might be calling her was because of the dilemma that was Alex disappearing.“Yes.” Elena
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“Oh my god.” Elena’s knees gave out as she slumped on the couch. “Oh my god, are you—you’re saying that Alex is among the casualties?” She asked.“No, but I’m saying that there’s a possibility he might be one of them. I asked one of my connections on that ground to ID the bodies, I’ll let you know if Alex’s body is one of them.” He finished.A violent chill tore through her body despite the warmth of the room as her fingers flew to her mouth, but it did nothing to stop the sharp, uneven breaths escaping her. They came too fast, too shallow, each one scraping her lungs raw.No. Alex’s body couldn’t possibly be there. Her mind rejected the idea with a force so intense that it felt as though the private investigator had told her that Alex had, indeed, died.Her stomach lurched so violently she doubled over, one hand clutching her abdomen while the other dug into the couch cushion hard enough to whiten her knuckles.Every beat of her heart struck like a fist against her ribs, faster, loud
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What if she had been too late? What if she eventually got there, and Alex was actually dead?The thudding of her heart in her chest, made it incredibly hard for her to hear anything else other than the thoughts raging wild in her mind.Beads of sweat clustered on her forehead, and her breath came in ragged gasps, causing her to clench her chest even as it tightened, and her ribs felt too small to accommodate her beating heart.What would she do if he was actually dead? Why—of all the things he could have chosen to do, of all the ways he could have sought her attention—did he choose this very dangerous way?What if something happened to him? How would she be able to live with herself? She had asked him to die, but that wasn’t something she actually wanted to happen, she had only said that so he could leave her alone.“Oh God…. Oh my…. No.” She muttered, the phone still pressed against her ear as her breathing paced, her vision swarmed with tears that she fought to hold back, but failed
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Elena’s eyes stung with every tear that she tried to blink back, but even with the effort, the tears came anyway as Alex’s absence and the empty room weighed on her chest.She stayed in his room, eyes fixed on the closed door, willing it to open, anything to make her stop feeling like this, anything to let her know that Alex hadn’t actually gone.In her mind, she saw him walking in, sheepish, ready to apologize for the overturned table, for the raised voice, for daring to leave. She would scold him, of course. She would even make him beg a little, but then she would let him stay.She kept her eyes glued to the door, but it never opened. The door remained shut, and the hallway beyond it remained silent. But then, her phone rang, the sound pulling her out of the thought she was lost in.She picked up the phone, and Halsey’s name lit the screen. Elena answered immediately, her voice raw as she spoke. “Halsey.”“You hung up on me,” Halsey pointed out, and Elena ran her fingers through her
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