There is a knock at the door and my heart sinks; this overwhelming feeling of dread overtakes me. The receptionist walks in and someone yells at her to get out and that we are all busy. She stands her ground and looks at me and insists that I answer my phone now. I fish it out of my pocket and see I have forty missed calls all from Sasha. In a panic and I immediately calling her back but she is crying when she answers, I plead with her to tell me what's going on; but she can't spit out the words in any coherency.
“WHO HAS A FUCKING CAR!!!! I NEED A FUCKING CAR NOW!!!” I bellow and someone throws me their keys, I don't know who or what car it is but I start running.
“Put the phone on her ear Sasha” I demand, I need to tell her I'm sorry that I'm coming.
“Baby girl this is your Eddie, I'm coming to give you that cuddle do you hear me, I'm on my way to you now.”
Thank god the car has a beeper because I find it with ease; I know I break every road rule on the way to the hospital. I don't care that I'm alone, I don't care about anything right now except I broke a promise to my little girl and now I may never get a chance to hold her. After parking in the loading zone and I run through the corridors until I get to Amelia's room, Sasha is holding her in her arms.
"We should have had more time” she cries in despair.
“No, no, no” I sob, kneeling beside the bed, taking Amelia's lifeless hand in mine. I didn’t make it. I can’t look at Sasha,” “I’m so sorry baby girl, I’m so so so sorry I didn’t get to you” My heart feels like it is about to explode in my chest. The next thing I know, Marcus and the rest of my security are pulling me from her room. I can’t breathe, my lungs have lost all their air and I can’t seem to get anymore. A nurse hands me a paper bag and tells me to breathe, just breathe.
When I went home after the hospital, I cried, there was nothing I could do, Sasha wouldn’t talk to me and I don’t blame her. I should have been there, I keep thinking I would give up my life in a second to have made it in time but I stayed at that stupid fucking meeting when I should have told them all to get fucked. I took my first handful of pills that day, I needed something to numb the pain. Amelia's funeral was a blur, I watched from a distance until everyone had left. I’m sure Sasha knew I was there but too little too late. When the last car drove away, I sung one last song to my biggest fan.
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