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Beau’s rooet him into his bedroom, nearly as out of breath as he was before I laid hi up the machine and the medicine

“Stay calm, Beau Just a moment” I inhaled deeply and exhaled deeply until Beau followed along

“It’s Okay Ma Ma Mom”

That wheezing sound broke my heart It wasn’t okay, none of this was okay Beau was a sweet little boy who didn’t deserve this terrible problem If I could, I would take on this burden for him I put the mouthpiece between his lips “Okay, now breathe”

He inhaled deeply several tian to relax His eyelids slowly slid down, a sure sign that he was feeling better His attacks were never easy for y for the rest of the day I’d read all about status asthmaticus Every day I worried that one of his asthma attacks would be fatal

His eyes were shut and his breathing had returned to norh it was still a bit wheezy I brushed his hair from his face and pressed a kiss to his forehead

Noas tiood juju back

If I was being honest,this past week I constantly felt on edge and no matter how much I meditated, co worked Not even ranola Or cornbread There was so in the air; it crackled with electricity and tension I didn’t knoas up, but I kneas about to change everything

Everything

Trudging downstairs, heavy with fatigue, I was brought up short by theat me

“Cross, what are you doing here?”

“A better question is why in the hell is your door wide open?”

While I appreciated his protectiveness, I did not appreciate his tone “What business is it of yours? Do you always just walk into people’s houses without an invitation and yell at them?”

“The open door was the goddamn invitation! What if I was the asshole in the yellow and black car?”

I hated that he went there because the saht had just flashed infor me”