Chapter 61. Harder from the Back

Eliana

“Scott?” My voice shook with fear. Like he said, I was overreacting…maybe. Every second, his fever rose, my heart beat increased but not out of excitement, out of fear.

With all the crazy things that happened in less than twenty four hours, I would not be surprised if he had been given something harmful somehow.

Were we ever really alone? Were we really safe?

I wish the answer to this was yes.

“Eliana…”

His soft call each time I called for him, made me feel at ease. Every nerve in me was overworked with worry.

“Go to sleep now.”

Even with a fever and a migraine, Scott was still his bossy self.

The doorbell rang. The wrinkle of Scott’s eyebrow suggested what was going on in his mind. The sound of the door opening alerted him even more.

Despite the pain, he struggled to get up, “Get in the bathroom. Don’t come out until I say so.”

He could barely stand on his own, mad with fever, he still worried about my