Pieces of Me Pua Ramona (read me a book txt) 📖

Megan. She holds my hand with both of hers and I feel another pair of hands clasp around my other one.

“I’m glad you made it,” Leila says.

“Move!” I tell Luka.

“Megan,” Luka growls at her.

“She’s not a damn child so stop treating her like one. Now move or I’ll do it myself” she snaps at him.

Daniel is the first to move, then Luka follows him after he gives Megan the death stare. I’m not ready to look so I close my eyes.

“Sis, the machine’s helping him breathe. The doctor’s saying that the machine’s pretty much keeping him alive,” Megan updates me. I don’t know what’s worse. Being in a coma, or waking up and finding out that the love of your life is about to die.

I looked to both my sister and Leila. “I need to do this on my own,” I tell them. They don’t question me, and they both let my hands go and move to the other side of the room. I take a deep breath and move closer. Mrs. Hunter is sitting on the chair crying and it breaks my heart. I try not to choke on my emotions as I clear my throat.

“Mrs. H.” I say. She doesn’t turn to look at me, and I feel like she blames me for her boy being in that bed, even though I have no idea what put him there and no one is fucking telling me anything. I move closer to her and I touch her shoulder. “Eliza, can I please have a minute with him?” I cry.

She reaches and puts her hand on mine as she stands up from her chair. She looks at me and says, “I’m going to step out for some air, you can sit with him until I come back.” She hugs me and then she and Mama leave the room.

I can feel everyone’s eyes on me, I know they’re waiting for me to break, but I’m not going too. I take a few steps forward and look at him. His face is pale, his lips are cracking, and he has tubes everywhere. I notice he has a few bruises on his face, but I’m not going to ask questions. But I need to know why he’s on life support.

“What happened?” I ask. No one says anything. I take a deep breath. “What happened?” I ask again.

“He got shot,” Daniel says. My hands automatically fly to my mouth. “He went after Jackson the same night you got hurt.”

I feel sick, I need to throw up. “Jackson shot him?”

“No. Tino did. He was pissed that Luka and I chose Eli over Jackson. No one knew he had a gun until it was too late to stop him.” I feel my blood boiling. Tino and Jackson were always close, even when we were growing up they were always together. “The gun went off and it hit Eli pretty bad in his abdomen and they had to do an emergency surgery on him. They said that they’re surprised that he’s still alive, but that his body is shutting down on him. He can’t breathe on his own.”

How can everything go so wrong in such a small period of time? Are we ever going to catch a damn break?

“What happened to Jackson?” I ask, needing to know.

“Eli broke his jaw in two places, broke a couple of his ribs, fucked up his face, and he cut both of his arms with a broken bottle” Luka says.

“And no one jumped in?” I question.

“No, they knew that if they did they were going to have to go through us to get to Eli.” Luka tells me.

“What about Tino?” I ask.

“They’re both going to be doing time,” Luka says. I’m not going to worry about that right now, I need to be with Eli. He is my priority

“Can you guys help me move him?” I ask.

“Move him where?” Reese says.

“Move him a little because I want to lay with him.” I cry. None of them say anything, but they all help move him to make space for me. Reese helps me up on the bed. I turn so I can face Eli and lay my head on his chest. I can feel his heart beating, but it’s getting weaker. I cry harder.

Luka covers us with an extra blanket. “We’ll be outside. If you need anything just yell for us, we’ll be by the door” he says. He moves my hair away from my face and leaves. I hear the door click and I shatter. I can’t lose him. I just can’t. I lay here and cry until I fall asleep.

“Sina.” I am exhausted. I feel someone shaking my shoulder a little. “Sina.” I open my eyes and see my sister. “Sorry to wake you. I wanted to see if you wanted anything. Are you hungry?” she asks. I shake my head no, and lay my head back on his chest.

“Do you remember the first day I saw you at the gas station?” I say to Eli with a little laugh. “I’m glad that it was you. I know you heard me say I wished it was Marino, but it was a lie. I’ve always wanted it to be you.” I know he isn’t going to answer me, but I don’t stop talking to him. “So, I ended up taking my books that you got me for my birthday. I even took the basket.” I wrap my arm around his waist. “Only you can make a girl feel special on her birthday, then shit on it a few hours later.” I laugh. “I miss you. I miss your voice; I miss your eyes. I miss the stupid things you say, I miss your kisses.” My tears soak his chest. “I hope you don’t mind, I just wiped my nose on your shirt.” I sigh. “You know what I remembered? I remembered seeing you at the lake eight years ago. We were both at the lake eight years ago. Now eight years