Chapter. 18.******When Dylon woke up the next morning, it was to an intense and immediate pain that stirred him out of slumber much too early in the morning. He whines involuntarily as he lies in bed, stunned by the feelings rapidly taking over his entire being. There is a deep, aching pain in his chest, one that causes the back of his throat to burn uncomfortably with tears that he doesn't feel the need to shed, and his muscles were sore from being so tense he could hardly move a limb. He groans as he moves his stiff limbs slightly, feeling like he's being weighed down by an unseen force restricting his movement against his will and pinning him down against the bed. He felt a pang of sadness run through him as soon as he was able to focus enough to think past the pain. He knew that the feelings were a response to his heart bearing too much pain, both his and Levon's. He hasn't felt anything like this before. He thought he was going to die once his feet somehow managed to drag them

Chapter. 20.******"Who?" She was confused. That name sounded oddly familiar. "It was Louis." He told her once again. "But, who is this Louis and why does it feel like I have heard that name mentioned in this house before?" She frowned."Because Louis was my late brother's name who had died along with my father, his step-father whom he loved greatly above all else." The twins turned to find their parents standing at the foot of the stairs, DJ had tears flooding his eyes as he met his son's eyes.He was terrified to ask his next question but he needed to be certain. Both he and his wife had walked out of their bedroom last night and had walked to their son's locked door, they knocked for what seemed like forever but the boy didn't open it for them. It was when they had given up on knocking and had decided to retire back to their bedroom had they both heard him moaning Louis over and over and over again.DJ's blood ran cold as he heard that name mentioned on repeat.He wondered if

Chapter. 22.******Once the car drove into the parking lot, Dylon was jumping out and headed straight for the entrance. He didn't even hear his father calling for him to slow down for the rest of them. He walked like a man on a mission, one who clearly knows his surroundings and where his target is located. At that particular moment, he didn't want his mother, father, or sister. He wanted Louis.His heart teetered on the edge, ready to fall off a cliff and into an ocean of pain at the thought of Levon and what he could be going through. The detective had said he had fallen into a coma now that frightened him more than he ever thought anything would his entire life. The thought of never seeing Louis again was one he dreaded. And it was all his fault.He had brought this upon them. Upon Louis.He walked shakily to the door, heart still slamming against his chest so hard he swears everyone within a five-mile radius could hear it, and the second he gets inside he was struck with a s

Chapter. 24.******"I'm sorry," he cries, still clawing desperately at Levon's arm. He thought he felt his finger move but it could be his own imagination tricking him. "I'm so sorry, I-'' he's hyperventilating, unable to force oxygen into his lungs through his broken pleading, but he doesn't stop. He couldn't; he's hysterical now, and he needs his lover to open his eyes. "Please... Please, wake up, Louis." He doesn't. His eyes stayed closed, his body stayed deathly still, and Dylon stayed crying over him like his tears would magically undo all the pain he had inflicted on his lover. Like they would somehow take back all the things he had said and done. Like they would wake Levon up.They won't. He knows that, but it doesn't stop him from soaking the thin fabric of Levon's hospital gown with the river pouring from his eyes, and it doesn't stop his pleading. He kept crying over his lover and nothing anyone with him said could get him to stop and they all tired seeing as his pain was

Chapter. 26.******She thought they were supposed to be best friends. Why would she want to speak to her brother in private? Maybe because she had arrived at the hospital without telling her. She had left them all at school so she could be here in time and even with all her effort, a nurse had gone to get Dylon who for some reason didn't show up until his sister appeared and now she's trying to take him away again.The hospital was unusually empty, there weren't many people visiting that afternoon, and the few that were had already entered their loved ones' rooms, leaving the hallways mostly empty except for the nurses rushing around. Vera doesn't particularly like hospitals. The strange quietness of the building doesn't really help her apprehension, as it leaves the hospital feeling like the setting of horror movies more than anything else. She didn't care about the people who had ended up in this place nor did she care about the one she knew was in a coma but she was after the one