Ch-17

JESSICA'S POV ~ "What do you mean they're twins?" I heard Emma ask. My eyes, which I'd squeezed shut in hopes of blocking out the blinding pain, instantly snapped open and widened. I blinked and blinked again, yet it was so real that my heart cinched tight in terror. I had been pregnant with two babies! Two babies! My lips quivered as I tried to speak, to beg Emma to let my babies live, but no words but a broken whimper left my throat. My eyes burned hotly as the realization of my situation dawned on me. I couldn't lift a single fucking finger. The world began spinning around me in a dizzying blur, and darkness threatened to consume me. I was so numb from the pain that my limbs weren't listening to the pleading from my brain. I needed to get up and fight. But my lips kept mouthing silent words, unheard and lost in the chaos around me. My spirit crumbled, and salty rivulets carved a path down my face as if my soul itself was weeping. 'Help me.' Anyone. Please. Help Me. Through my blurre