“Promise,” she whispered. She held on to the seat with both hands, digging her nails in as the spasms came and went. She wanted to curse Jesse for causing this, but it was hard to be angry at him when she knew all too clearly how he felt. She still didn’t understand the cause, but she knew how he felt. By the time they got to her apartment, she had her eyes closed against the pain of abused muscles.
Sighing with relief although cringing as he smelt the pain and panic drifting off of her in waves, Isaac slowly pressed his foot down on the accelerator, speeding up in his desperation to get her home and out of this car. And finally, they were there, and without any hesitation, he pulled the keys out of the ignition and hopped out of the car, moving around her side to pull her out into his arms once more.
She sagged against him in relief, knees shaking and refusing to hold her up. Helios emerged from the cat door, twining around Isaac’s feet and meowing like he believed that would help. It was clear he knew something was wrong with his momma.