Glamorous - A Grace Bishop Novel - Chapter 28
© Denise Bossarte
Grace stood helplessly for a
moment. She considered chasing after the Glamour. But decided he had too much
of a head start and she needed to focus on helping Billy. She pulled off her
shirt and knelt beside Billy’s bleeding head to
swaddle it in the garment.
She
tried to keep his neck as immobile as possible while making sure the cloth
covered his whole scalp. The material was soon saturated on the right side
where she noticed a sickening dent in the bones of the skull. She applied as
much pressure as she could without doing more damage to the area.
“Danny, I need you!”
she cried, the tears falling down her checks.
“Coming,” he yelled at
the frightened tone of Grace’s voice, leaving Celeste where she was still
unconscious against the crates.
He appeared at Grace’s side, a gasp escaping him as he saw her
kneeling beside Billy’s head working to stop the bleeding.
“Oh my god! What happened
to Billy?” he asked dropping down beside her.
“The Glamour hit him in
the head with that brick,” she explained, motioning with her head to the
brick a few feet to the side. “He got
away after knocking Billy down.”
“Shit, Gracie. What are we
going to do?”
Pulling herself together, Grace stopped her crying and focused
on her brother.
“Look at me Danny,”
she said, waiting for his eyes to move off Billy and to meet hers. “There’s not much time. Billy needs to get to
a hospital and get stabilized. He’s losing lots of blood. There’s no telling
what damage the Glamour did when he hit Billy.”
Grace was glad to see Danny was focused on what she was saying.
Keeping one hand on the side of Billy’s head, she held out her
other hand to Danny.
“I need you to manifest
and take the knives the Glamour was using. Hide them somewhere in the building
where they’ll be safe. Ask Sabra to help you find a place, or make a place.”
Danny started to object, but Grace interrupted him. “Danny, there’s not time to argue about it. I
need the knives in a safe place. I can use them to read for the Glamour later.
I can’t do it myself and help Billy, too. It’s our only connection to him, and
I don’t want whoever shows up next to take them. We must be the ones in control
of them. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Gracie,” he
said, reaching to grasp her hand.
With his acknowledgment, she concentrated her mind on their
clasped hands. Like when she charged the crystals at home, she imagined her
energy flowing from her into Danny. In an instant, Danny went from a ghost only
she could see to a corporeal boy.
“Hurry! I don’t want
Anthony to wake up and see you. I think we’d better try to keep you a secret
for a bit longer,” she cautioned. She moved to put both hands on the
bandage around Billy’s head.
Danny rose to his feet and ran to collect the curved knife the Glamour
dropped in his efforts to save the monster. After grabbing the first knife, he
ran back to grab the rest of the weapons from where they lay on the small
table.
Grace glanced up to see him speaking with Sabra. He looked over
to her during their conversation and she gave him an encouraging nod. It took a
few minutes of talking before it appeared Danny convinced Sabra to help him.
Then they disappeared behind the crates together, becoming lost in the dark
shadows.
One problem solved, she sighed in relief, sniffing at the wetness in her nose left
over from crying. Now to get professional
help for Billy.
“Anthony!” she shouted.
Grace knew he had a short time for recovery, but she hoped he
had moved from barely breathing to conscious in the last few minutes. She
needed his help with getting an ambulance there, and fast.
“Anthony, you fucking Paranorm, wake up and get over here!” she
screamed at his unmoving form, desperation given her voice volume.
A groan was the first response to her shouting, and then she
heard the sounds of someone rousing themselves to standing. After a few seconds
to gain his balance, Anthony stumbled to her side.
“Is he alive?” he asked, astonishment clear in his voice when he
recognized Billy, prone beside her.
“He is for now, but for not much longer if we don’t get him to
the hospital ASAP. I am afraid to move him without the proper equipment. Billy
needs help, but we can’t risk exposing the Paranorms by revealing what’s
happened here. We need to keep this all quiet, Anthony; for the Paranoms’ sakes
and Billy’s. Can you get help from anyone who won’t put the Paranorms or Billy
at risk?”
Anthony hesitated for a second, still trying to get his brain
functional again after being choked unconscious and revived.
“Yes, yes, of course,” he assured her, his brain starting to
work again. “There are Paranorms as paramedics at the hospitals for these types
of emergencies. Let me contact Eli and someone will be here in a few minutes.”
He followed up his words by pulling a cell phone out of his back
pocket and hitting the speed dial, rubbing his throat as he waited for the
connection. Eli picked up after a few rings and Grace was happy Anthony
provided the quick and to the point version to get the help on their way.
Problem two solved, she thought to herself as she followed Billy’s breathing,
relieved to see he could still breath on his own.
She settled into a more comfortable position to wait for the
ambulance.
Now I need to
figure out how to solve problem three - the Glamour.
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