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SCENT OF IRON (67)
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I couldn't breathe.It felt like my entire world stopped. It was funny how countless times I had begged the world to stop for me, now it had finally stopped and it felt like I was frozen, I felt my limbs ache and my heart clenched and for a minute I forgot that it was the organ I used to breathe because it felt like my lungs had walked out on me.I could vaguely hear Tyler yelling but I couldn't move, the entire scene was painfully familiar to me. The scent of iron, the trail of blood, my inability to move or react, the isolated environment, the chills down my skin, and how the hairs on my skin rose and I knew it wasn't out of fear,Dread trailed down the edges of my spine and I felt my legs buckle beneath me, I fell right into thick red blood. My eyes traced where Charlotte had been but she wasn't there anymore and I could still hear the drowned-out voices of Cole and some other people I did recognize. I didn't know how long I had been here, but I also didn't care.I wanted to move. T
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I slowly nodded my head in confirmation and watched Leonardo’s hands smack before his sides. His eyes filled with fresh tears and I wiped them away and let out a fresh breath.“Why is all of this happening? Charlotte… now you?” He questioned as a tear rolled down his cheek, I swallowed and pulled him into a hug.“What have we ever done to anyone?” His voice cracked and I held him tighter. These were questions I had asked myself over and over again and I had even asked Charlotte at a point.I could never understand why bad things happen to good people, people who wished no harm to anyone. People who just wanted to be happy. I retrieved the paper from his hands and scribbled on it. Leonardo stared at it for a while before he shook his head continuously.‘I won’t let you drive in this state I scribbled again and gave him a look that screamed ‘don’t test me.’ I and Leonardo had warmed up to each other over the past month when he received the news of his parent’s death. Apparently, they h
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“—She can’t speak?” I drowned out Tyler’s words and fell unto a wall I hadn’t noticed. A random tear rolled down my cheeks and I bit down on my blistered lips to stop the sob that was threatening to escape my throat.“Danielle? Are you alright?” Tyler questioned and the scent of his cologne filled my nostril. My breath hitched and I struggle to focus my vision on him even though I could see doubles. I groaned and slide right into his arms instead of the ground.I wasn’t losing consciousness. Not in the least, but for some reason, it felt like I was neither conscious nor unconscious, and the more I tried to unravel it, the more I felt entangled. My airways tightened and my feet dug harder into the ground, I dug my fingers into my palm but I couldn’t feel any pressure.Dread filled me and I felt my insides twist in horror, my limbs felt like they were being weighed down by a considerably dangerous amount of bricks and my eyes struggled to stay open while the pressure on my chest increase
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"Coffee?" I heard Tyler ask. He had been holding a cup of coffee in front of me for a while now, I blinked. "I made it just the way you like it." He added.I shook my head casually and ran my hands through my hair. "Everything is going to be fine." Tyler comforted me in a low tone, I would have let out a sarcastic laugh and told him just how much everything would not be fine if I hadn't lost my voice.He didn't say anything after that, We simply stood by the lobby while Leonardo sat down in the waiting room. I marched over to the lobby willingly, my legs had started doing those things they always do; Walking without my permission."The detective we hired gave me a response tonight." My eyes snapped up at Tyler and he stared back at me with heavy dull blue orbs. I felt guilt knock at the door of my heart and I could not help but feel that all of this was in one way or another my fault."He found Mathias's apartment," My eyes widened and I licked my lips as I stared at him in expectation
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"Hm, There's nothing wrong with your vocals, This is probably because of the shock," George informed Tyler and me as he looked me over again, His stethoscope rested on his neck and most of his weight was on his table."Is there anything we can do to you know...Fix it?" Tyler asked calmly. I rolled my eyes and was about to say something along the lines of 'You can't just fix things like these but then I mentally groaned when I recalled that I could not speak"I could refer you to a specialist." George offered as he stood straight and walked over to his chair, We had spent theLast two hours in his office checking out my vocals and wondering what or when something went wrong. Tyler seemed to be panicking and I had a lot more things to be worried about,"I think —" I sent Tyler a glare and he almost threw his head back in a groan, His shoulders were stiff as he stared into my eyes, almost as if he wanted me to give in and see the specialist but my demeanor was stronger than that.I glance
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"Who are you?!" Her hoarse voice boomed and I tried to pull away but her nails just dug into me. Charlotte's voice seems to attract the attention of Tyler and George because, in no time, both men were around us, Tyler was trying to get her to leave my arm while Goerge worked on giving her a sedative.She didn't budge though, red filled her eyes and for a moment there I felt hatred from a woman who had shown me nothing but love, I had never seen this side of Charlotte and I was very interested in knowing what was wrong."She sent you here to Kill me, didn't she?!" She yelled and tightened her grip on my wrist if that was even possible at this point, The hospital walls felt like they were closing in on me, and I wanted to do was wake up from this nightmare, but of course, that did not happen."Where is the little girl? Huh? What did that witch do with the little girl?!" She boomed. I shut my eyes as Tyler tried to pull my hand away from her and to be honest the whole scene was pathetic.
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The silence in the room was aching, Leonardo was currently pacing to and fro within the small space, while I struggled to come to terms with everything I had just heard.“I’m sorry...” I heard him whisper in a strained voice, my eyes were glued to the empty hall in front of me, while my mind was divided between the situation here and why in the world Tyler wasn’t here yet. I knew I needed to do something. Anything. I wanted to know what happened. I knew Leonardo, He adored Charlotte. Especially since the incident with his parents a month ago, there was no way the kid would have been willing to hurt her, No way at all.This whole thing led me to wonder what compelled him to go this far. It must have been pretty hard to hurt someone you love and from what I knew, They had no issues with each other and there was no way Leonardo could do anything like this Unless he had been threatened. That led me to wonder why he hadn’t spoken to us, I, Tyler, Charlotte. We were not related by blood an
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