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CHAPTER 20

DARCY

Sitting in my chair in my office, folding my arms onto the desk, I rest my head down on them. I’m so tired. Yet I slept like a rock last night, even more so with Adam snuggling me up to him and holding me all night. I never expected him to come straight over, I’m so happy he did. Adam surprises me all the time, with his patience, his time, his love for me.

The office door bangs just as my eyes start to drift. “Why don’t you go home, Darce?” Stephen says as he enters.

“I can’t there’s some paperwork to do.”

“And it’ll still be there tomorrow, you look knackered and we’ve had another busy day. Go home!”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m going.” I tell him with a smirk. It has been busy, business has picked up a lot and to think I was ready to give in and throw in the towel. I’m so happy I didn’t. I grab my bag and drop my phone inside just as it pings with a message. I fish it back out touching the button as I pull it out to light up the screen.

Adam: I love you.

A smile pulls at my face. Saying bye to the lads, I walk out and sit in my car. I unlock my phone and reply.

Me: I love you too.

I drop it in my bag and start the engine. Sitting in rush hour traffic doesn’t help my tired state either, as I’m sitting in a queue I can feel myself dozing off. I shake my head, open my window then turn up the radio.

I walk in the house and run up the stairs going straight to my room. I drop on my bed in exhaustion, my head sinks into my pillow and instantly I’m asleep.

A scream sounds somewhere in the recesses of my mind but I’m not sure. My name is being called but again... I think I can hear it, my mind slowly drifts back into its sleepy state until I’m being shaken awake. “Darcy. Wake up!”

“Mmm, please let me sleep. I’m so tired.” I snuggle my cheek back into the pillow and begin to doze again…

“DARCY?” That’s Mum. “You need to wake up! Oh my god, wake up sweetheart.” I’m being shaken again and Mum sobbing.

“What’s wrong?”

“Darce, it’s your Dad.” My eyes spring open suddenly, I’m wide awake.

“Wha... what’s wrong?” I stutter. Not wasting another minute - I roll from the bed and run into their room.

“MUM? RING AN AMBULANCE!” I scream. I run in as the whole bed is shaking. Dad is having a seizure. Mum stands at the door, still, mouth open watching me as I try to position him into the recovery position. “Mum, now!” She shakes from her numb state, runs to the phone and rings an ambulance.

Realising my phone is in my room still, I call her over, “Mum, just sit here for a second.” Within a minute I’ve run into my bedroom, grabbed my phone and back sitting on the bed by my Dad. Pulling up the number I need, I press call.

Adam answers on the second ring, my hands shaking as I try to hold the phone still. “Hello baby.”

“Adam, you need to get to my house. Now. I haven’t got time to explain just... please.”

“I’m on my way.” As I end the call to Adam I hear the sirens approaching.

“Stay with Dad.” I tell Mum frantically as I run down the stairs to greet the paramedics. I let them in explaining to them what we found and tell him that he’s taking anti-depressants but also painkillers too. When we reach the bedroom, I stand back and let the paramedics work on Dad. They’re examining him, shining a light into his eyes as he listens to his heartbeat. A sheen of sweat begins to coat my body, I feel sick. everything in the room seems to go quiet, just background noise as my vision starts to blur and my head starts to spin. I open my eyes wide but I can’t see properly. I clutch onto the doorframe but it doesn’t help. My legs turn to jelly and before I realise it I’m hitting the deck.

ADAM

I cut the call to Darcy and tell Todd to turn the car around. We were on our way to the gym for a workout when she called. As we pull into her street I see an ambulance sitting outside the house. “What the fuck?!” I knew there was something wrong from the way she spoke on the phone.

Todd screeches to a stop outside the house behind the ambulance. I jump from the car, through the open front door and run up the stairs. I see Darcy sitting on the floor with her back against the wall with a paramedic peering into her eyes with a torch and another placing a blanket over her Dad lying on a gurney.

“Darcy?” I say panicked. I run to her and drop to my knees on the floor next to her, “are you okay, baby?” My hands cup her cheeks and angle her face up to look at me. I kiss her forehead then her lips, her skin is tacky from sweating. The paramedic tells her she’s fine but she needs to take it easy and maybe see her GP if it happens again as I rest her head against my chest. That still doesn’t explain what the fuck has gone on here though. I watch in confusion as he joins the other paramedic and guides the gurney down the stairs.

“Darcy, what’s happened?” While I wait for her to tell me, I see Christine, her Mum, crying hysterically but Darcy is calm, maybe a little too calm.

“Dad. was having a seizure, he wouldn’t stop,” she hiccups a tearless sob, “I put him into the recovery position, the ambulance turned up but I felt weird. I was sweating and my head was spinning. I blacked out completely.” I stand and pull her to her feet; I hold her so tight I’m probably suffocating her. I kiss her head and keep her tucked under my arm.

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