Chapter 1

Hot feverish heat radiates off of his forehead as I lean him against me so I can change his bandage. "ma mere, stop, I'm scared,ow"he murmurs, "shh,I know Jack,we'll get you help soon"I say running my hand through his sweat soaked hair. "Evie where am I"he asks somewhat coherently as I lie him back down on the bed, "we're in a house somewhere out on the edge of town,I'm thinking I'm going to try to get out and go to the Parrish, get to a doctor"I say pulling the quilt up to his chest and gently lay my hand against his forehead, "K"he says barely resisting,an unusual trait for him, I grab the thermometer and take his temp, "104"I murmur and gently place a wet cloth against his forehead. I gently try to leave but he grabs my hand, "Evie don't leave"he groans, "shh Baby, i'll be back"I say gently prying his fingers from my own. I grab the shot gun by the front door and I open it going into the night thunderstorm.

I get in the car and head to the next town, it's raining so hard I can barely see but he needs help and fast. He's been fighting the fever and been in and out of coherency for three days now, barely eating and only waking so I can change the wrap on his stomach. Within minutes I make it to town and I start to look for a doctors office or anything really. I find an old house with a barely lit sign on it that says Doctor on it and I approach and knock on the door. The door opens and a women stands in the doorway, "can I help you"she asks, "My boyfriend is really really sick, and we've been out at this little house on the edge of town for three days, can you help"I say winded, "yeah, let me get my husband and we'll head out, my names Lanie by the way,what's yours"she asks, "Evie"I reply. We go into a little room in the middle of the house, "John"she asks, "yes"he replies, "we need help, Evie's boyfriend is sick and she came here for help"she says. "OK, get the car started, I'll get my bag and I'll be right out"he says. Lanie and I go out to the car and she starts it as I get in the back seat. Then John gets in the driver's seat and we head off.

We get to the house and we go inside, the sight I see is not pretty. Jack has gotten worse, the quilt is on the foot of the bed, and blood soaks his bandage. "god, Jack"I say, "mm"he replies as I put my hand on his arm. John approaches the bed and Lanie grabs my arm to take me to the living room, "shh let him examine him. I'll get you some hot chocolate ok"she asks, "yeah"I say quivering. We go and do just that and before I know it he's done, John comes into the room. "He's in bad shape, I fear if we don't get him out of here and back to the office he might not make it"he says, "k let's get him wrapped up and out to the car"she says . Very quickly we go back to the bedroom and we wrap jack in a quilt, and then I grab his clothes for later. We go out to the car and I get in first so they can hand Jack to me and I can lay his head in my lap. He's paler than before,life almost gone out of his green eyes, as we head down the road not knowing what to expect.