Back From The Darkness

I am rushing to the hospital; this damn car cannot go fast enough; it feels like the road is endless, and there are million other cars in my way. The world around me has stopped, and I swear so has my heart; I am numb; it is all crashing down on me. 

I do not bother to park like a normal person nor even lock my car. Instead, I am racing like a lunatic through the passages to get to her room. I hear someone screaming her name; when I see no one around, I realize it is me. 

I find the doctor outside her room. “Slow down, Trayton. At this rate, you are going to have a heart attack.”

“How is she?”

“She is sleeping.”

“What happened?”

The doctor explains to me how she has been hiding her medication and not been taking it. Something about a psychotic episode and her getting her hands on a blade. She does not want to say why and she will only speak to me.

“Can I go in?”

“Yes, take as long as you need.’

I find