When His Eyes Opened

Mike buried his face in his hands and burst into tears.

“I regret it! Why did I say those cruel words to her last night?!”

Elliot’s eyes welled up in tears at the thought of what happened the night before.

“She was helpless and scared. Even if we couldn’t go save her right away, I shouldn’t have said that! She must have felt so hopeless after hearing what I said…” Mike was racked with guilt and could not control his emotions.

Elliot’s Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat and he said hoarsely, “Stop crying! Are you done cracking the system?”

Mike wiped his tears away, then glanced at the progress bar on his computer screen.

“Almost … It’ll be done before noon. My head hurts. What would I do if Avery’s really dead?”

Elliot did not have the courage to think of that possibility.

“How about you go home and take a shower?” Mike saw the stubble growing on Elliot’s chin and figured that he was probably hurting more than himself.

It was because Avery was still carrying his child.

if he did not hear what Mike

and the kids,” Mike said in a

finally reacted and said,

back with you? Avery’s definitely alive! She’s strong, and she won’t die until she watches

placed the gun down on the table, then walked out

Bridgedale was located in the city center's

was not to show off her wealth, but because of

at the neighborhood entrance. He called

later, Hayden and Layla arrived at the entrance hand in

Avery was dead… Then, what would happen

them himself, but they might

Hayden!” Layla said softly as she

thump wildly in his chest. Did Elliot look like this because something

and Layla had not seen Wesley’s horrible condition at the hospital yesterday, but Shea described it to

a nightmare that Avery died

the siblings ended up crying