Jack’s face looked indescribable too. A mixture of horror, concern, confusion, & helplessness.
“Anna! What is going on? Are you okay? What is it?”
As much as Jack was yelling at her, Anna hardly seemed to hear the words as her eyes were glued to the man walking towards the Old Navy entrance. Suddenly, her attention was pulled elsewhere as she felt warm hands on her face.
“Anna look at me.” Jack had his hands on her face & forced her to do so. “Just calm down..breathe Anna..that’s right honey, breathe.” Anna gradually felt the air coming in & out of her lungs, & she slowly felt the pain in her chest slip away.
Jack walked her over to a nearby bench & sat her down with his arm around her, pulling her into him. “Anna..” he said gently stroking her cheek with the back of his fingers.
Her name rung in her ears as if a bomb had just went off next to her & she was experiencing the after-effects. But what brought her back, was the touch of his hand on her face that seemed to shock her blood back into flowing.