[Hexed Private (Hestia can read if she wants)]
I have never felt so useless. I haven’t ever in my life felt so lost, so unsure of the next step.
Every time I think, I see it over and over again. When I close my eyes, its there, that goddamn mark, their tiny bodies. I don’t know how to explain to my children that they won’t be seeing their cousins or their aunt again, or even if I should tell them now.
I gotta take care of Bill, I don’t want anything to happen to him, I don’t want him to go crazy go off and do something stupid, I’ve got to be there for him. I have to take care of my kids, I cant let this happen to them.
I’ve never been so paralyzed by fear. I’ve never taken so much stock in the phrase ‘what if’ but now I can’t shut it off.