IRIS.“Help! Somebody help us!”The scream tore out of my throat, raw and unrecognizable, shredding the night air. It didn’t sound like me. It sounded like an animal caught in a trap.Derrick’s weight became dead and heavy against me. My hands pressed frantically against his chest, desperate to stem the tide, but the blood was relentless. It seeped through his fingers, hot and sticky, soaking into the pavement, soaking into me. The metallic tang of copper rose up, thick and suffocating, drowning out the expensive perfume and the stale city air.“Stay with me,” I choked out, my voice cracking. I shook him, hard. “Derrick, look at me. Do not close your eyes.”His eyelids fluttered, heavy with shock. His lips moved, shaping words that had no sound.“I’m… here,” he wheezed, a bubble of red forming at the corner of his mouth. “Iris… get back.”“I’m not going anywhere,” I sobbed, pressing harder on the wound. “You idiot. You stepped in front of me.”Sirens wailed in the distance, a rising s
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