Finding Destiny (17 page)

She smiles through tears, but her eyes can’t hide
the fear. She swallows. “They got you pretty good. I’m not going to
be able to get you out of this mess alone.”

When I cough, it feels like I just ejected my
appendix. I try to look down, but a stinging sensation clings to my
spine and clamps my chin in place.

“Felicia, if I die, know that if I had more time in
life I would have wanted to spend it with you.”

My life seems to flash before my eyes, as she chokes
on her tears.

“Shut up!” she cries out. “No one’s going to
die.”

I can see that she’s squeezing onto my hand with a
death grip, but I lost all sensation in my hands minutes ago.

The cold grips me and seizes my insides. My eyes
slide shut and it takes too much effort to reopen them. “Help me,”
I whisper. Even my voice is tired. It’s like it has run out of
time. “I’m dying.”

“You’re not going to die,” she stammers. “You hear
me, Matty? Not today, you’re not. You’re going to hang on for me,
okay? You’re going to hang on and live for me. You have to.”

Her voice cuts off. She’s sobbing now. I can tell
she’s trying to be strong for me, but nothing can wake me from this
nightmare. I’m going to die. I can feel it in my badly broken
bones.

“Matty,” she screams. “You have to wake up.”

I can’t do
that. Too sleepy.
I can hear the sirens, but they aren’t going
to make it in time. I can feel my life draining from my broken
body. This life that I lead is officially over.

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