I listened until the metal door shut then I was all alone.
I stared at the radio and told myself over and over again, that I was safe now. He couldn’t get me here. He couldn’t get into the compound.
But that didn’t stop me from jumping out of my skin when Evan walked in.
*~*~*
Evan had tried to keep me occupied while Ty went to get Eli, he told jokes and spoke about all the software that he’d just installed. It worked for a little bit, but then all I c
ould think about was Eli.
How had he reacted when I wasn’t there to pick him up?
Did Ty make sure Eli hadn’t gone into apartment and stayed with Luke or Kitty?
My mind was on a constant roundabout of what ifs, I hated sitting still and not doing anything. The more time that passed, the worse I felt.
My whole body ached and each time I tried to move it only got worse.
I shifted in the chair and held in a groan, I was trying to concentrate on Evan. It was hard when I could only open one of my eyes.
“Kay?”
My head was spinning, my throat dry and sore. I closed my eye and took a deep breath, in and out, it helped. Until I felt movement by me.
My eye sprung open, my breathing picked up as Evan walked toward me.
“Kay?” he asked again, only this time his hand landed on my shoulder.
I tried my hardest not to flinch at the contact but I couldn’t help it. In the back of my mind I knew that Evan wouldn’t hurt me, but that didn’t stop my body’s reaction I didn’t want to be touched.
I opened my mouth to try and tell him, but nothing would come out.
“You okay?” He didn’t move his hand it felt like I had a ton of bricks weighing down on me.
The edges of my vision darkened, the walls closing in on me. I clutched my hands in my lap, squeezing to try and get the shaking under control.
I could feel myself retreating, to that happy place that I went to so often.
“Evan!” Everything sounded like I was in a tunnel, but that voice called to me in a way that nobody else ever had. My vision started to clear, my breathing becoming a little easier.
“Move your hand,” he growled.
I gasped as the weight of his hand lifted off me my breaths coming fast and hard.
Ty crouched down in front of me cupping the side of my face gently. I stared at his brown eyes as they willed me to come back to him.
“Just breathe, sweetheart.” I took a shaky breath in and blew it out.
“In and out. That’s it.” I could feel people behind him, but I didn’t take my eyes from Ty’s. He grounded me, kept me here in the present instead of me retreating into my memories and getting stuck in my own head.
It was a dangerous place to be, inside my head.
“Eli?” I croaked.
“He’s here sweetheart.” He stood and moved to the side.
Eli stood in the doorway with Luke and Kitty on either side of him. I could see his hesitation as he looked at Ty his eyes widening when they moved to me.