Elias had been – coping well enough as the stranger explained what had happened, or at least had been able to listen calmly, to take it all in; it had sounded like an accident, like a fit of faintness that had come on suddenly; like no one’s fault.
His eyes had been on Daff, half-picturing it happening as he’d described it, the swing and the shaking, until that tentative question. Elias’ gaze lurched back up; she hadn’t slept in a week; and he couldn’t fathom if it had been meant that way, but something sank in him. It landed like an accusation. Laurel had moved towards Daffy’s bedside, which left Elias hanging back here like a fool, unable to process that fact or progress anywhere past it.
“I – I didn’t know,” he murmured, throat dry, but the point was how hadn’t he? Daffy hadn’t said anything. But – whether she had or not – shouldn’t he have noticed something?
His eyes had been on Daff, half-picturing it happening as he’d described it, the swing and the shaking, until that tentative question. Elias’ gaze lurched back up; she hadn’t slept in a week; and he couldn’t fathom if it had been meant that way, but something sank in him. It landed like an accusation. Laurel had moved towards Daffy’s bedside, which left Elias hanging back here like a fool, unable to process that fact or progress anywhere past it.
“I – I didn’t know,” he murmured, throat dry, but the point was how hadn’t he? Daffy hadn’t said anything. But – whether she had or not – shouldn’t he have noticed something?
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