Chapter Forty-Six

CAELUM

I'm talking to the cops when the ambulance arrives, I don't know where I've gotten the patience to stay calm with these men while my father is losing his life, I'm surprised I haven't pulled my gun out on them. They haven't let me get a word in, instead they're explaining how many traffic and road rules I've broken on my way here and when the ambulance arrives, they shut up, apologizing for keeping me.

I rush to my parents backyard, with the paramedics still at the ambulance, gathering a stretcher and other items. My father is sitting straight up with Aurora on one side, and my mother on the other side when I get there. Aurora is helping him drink something while my mother pats his back. My half brother Garrett and his wife Deborah are here, they reside two houses away from my parents so I see how they came here this fast. My sister's Siena and Gianna are here too, Sienna is being comforted by Deborah, while Gia watches the scene from afar, I don't note a look of horror on her