Chapter 27

Merigold

" Merigold. Something is going on." Lilly says. She is sitting behind me with my head in her lap. But her voice sounds far away. I can't move. Breathing is difficult. I'm fading in and out. I fear I may not make it out of here alive. I am fighting with everything I have left just to stay awake. It is getting hard to do. I just want to rest for a while. " What hear?" I whisper. " Feels like the building is shaking. I think I hear fireworks." Fireworks? I couldn't have heard her right. Then I hear it as well. It's not fireworks " Gunfire." I squeezed her hand the best I could. I wheezed, " Remember what I told you." I feel myself passing out but I can hear pieces of what is going on.

I hear screaming. I hear gunfire. I feel the ground shaking. The walls are rattling like they will come down any minute. I feel Lilly trying to pull me close to her. Lilly bends her body over m