Nothing But Gossip
“I screamed, as I fell on top of my mother and a round exploded into the mahogany wall directly behind us, shattering and splintering the wood like a thin sheet of ice. But what coated my face wasn’t ice. It was blood.
I raised up on my elbows and looked at my mother. Other than looking fairly squashed, she didn’t seem to be wounded. And then, in all the thundering chaos, I heard a moan. It was Elias. The wound was enormous. A giant shell had smashed through beneath his collar-bone, leaving a ga...ping, jagged hole. Blood from a severed artery geysered into the air, drenching everything within a three-foot radius. I didn’t even think about it. I reached right into the wound and pinched the artery closed as Elias lost consciousness and my mother stroked his forehead and held his hand, murmuring to her firstborn, “Just hold on there, darling. You’ll be fine. You’ll be fine.” He got whiter, and whiter, and whiter.
I dug my phone out of my pocket, hit the emergency button, and when 911 answered I told them there was an officer down and to get the hell over here right away.MoreLess
I raised up on my elbows and looked at my mother. Other than looking fairly squashed, she didn’t seem to be wounded. And then, in all the thundering chaos, I heard a moan. It was Elias. The wound was enormous. A giant shell had smashed through beneath his collar-bone, leaving a ga...ping, jagged hole. Blood from a severed artery geysered into the air, drenching everything within a three-foot radius. I didn’t even think about it. I reached right into the wound and pinched the artery closed as Elias lost consciousness and my mother stroked his forehead and held his hand, murmuring to her firstborn, “Just hold on there, darling. You’ll be fine. You’ll be fine.” He got whiter, and whiter, and whiter.
I dug my phone out of my pocket, hit the emergency button, and when 911 answered I told them there was an officer down and to get the hell over here right away.MoreLess
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