The price

Jade

Everything comes with a price, and for the answers we needed, the price was Tiffany’s life. I feel numb, very numb, as Seb shakes her body in an attempt to wake her up. I can barely hear anything, even as he shouts and screams at her. Her eyes don't move, bloodshot with bloody tears that stick to her face. Only now that she is cold, she has she stopped bleeding. I shake her body vigorously, hoping she will wake up and say it was just a prank, but she doesn't. My ears finally begin to function as I hear screaming, only to realize it's my voice and Seb's.

“Seb, do something!” I scream, “Please save her.”

“I don't think there is a way. She is…..” Jackson’s voice trails off.

I am holding her tightly in my arms and she doesn't move at all. If the cost of my happiness is at the expense of other……