Waiting To Exhale Book Novels & Stories

The coffin’s contents seemed to pulse with faint, residual light, pages shifting minutely as if breathing. All around us, the others were wrestling their own versions. Grant stood over his briefcase, jaw clenched, hands fisted at his sides. Tamsin’s fingers hovered over the lead script, trembling. Jax stared down at his guitar case and the word ALMOST, expression stripped of his usual humor. No one has moved yet. We were all waiting to see who would flinch first. The pages at my feet rustled. A whisper slithered up from the paper.

I exhaled softly. No answer. Just the wind knocking on the glass and the steady throb of something very old in me. Waiting to wake.

Waiting for something to end. Or begin.

“Patience. You can’t get anything done if you’re impatient, understand? We have to make this perfect, or we’ll get into trouble.” Joy’s nonchalant voice came through the phone as if they were not talking about killing a human, but an insect.

“Explain.” “Think about what we know. Your father was researching Thanox. He was studying something that interferes with oxygen utilization. People are now dying in hospitals with symptoms that don't make sense. Their oxygen readings don't match the severity of their condition. And now we've found a gas with almost the exact biological effect your father's research was trying to understand.” “I know.” “Do you?” Naomi frowned. Leonard pointed at the computer. “Not many people are going to sell this stuff. It's not cough syrup. There probably aren't hundreds of Thanox dealers sitting around waiting for someone to place an order.”

**** Author's note Thank you, readers, for taking your time to read this story. There will be grammatical errors because English is not my first language. **** * Married To My Enemy (Book 1) * His Ex-Wife ( Book 2) Please keep in mind that this is the sequence of the book "married to my enemy" for a better understanding, please read married to my enemy first. I wish you a fantastic reading experience!!

Inhaling a deep breath, I pull my bottom lip between my teeth tugging on it. It is times like this, these short but painfully long silences, that make the world feel like it is slowly disappearing before me. Or maybe it it’s just me who was fading away into the silence? It is moments like these I hate most. My empty burning lungs and my heart hitting my chest so hard it might break my ribs and rip apart my skin is the only thing I can think about. And the void. The black abyss in my head, deep inside my soul slowly swallowing my hope up. These are the worst moments.

Not incessantly but enough that he knew it was aware of him. The Darkness System was still silent as it matured to meet his needs. "Relax a little." Zia said. "Master Ren is preparing your gift." Seeing the level of concentration on his face, someone needed to bite the bullet and speak up. The Sleeping Elders were stressed since the "last breaths" they could draw were so few. 'Maybe I should just tell them they can "borrow" breath here on the mountain? Nah, that would be boring. It is my job to test them. Yup yup.' Zia nodded to her own deduction of things happily.

I look through the window watching the white puffs of clouds passing through the plane as my whole body jittered. It's finally the day we leave for Hawaii and have two weeks off vacation to celebrate Rex and I's engagement. Grandpa had booked us first class for everyone and almost had taken the total seats with a large group like us. My son and his cousins are taking a jet with Grandpa back to London. However, I'm excited about this trip and still worried about being away from my baby boy.

A kind of hope that was sharp and dangerous, that made waiting unbearable. I exhaled slowly and forced myself to turn the page, even though I knew it wouldn’t help. My leg bounced under the table, energy coiling tighter and tighter inside me. Anticipation buzzed under my skin, making it impossible to sit still. I wanted answers. I wanted confirmation that this hadn’t all been a dead end. Footsteps crunched softly on the gravel path and my head lifted instantly.