can anyone help me?
Leaning closer, Elizabeth studied the narrow face and bruised eyes. He appeared eight more than
fourteen, closer to dead than to living.
His eyes opened and filled with shadow. “Did I kill him?”Elizabeth smoothed his hair and smiled. “No, sweetheart. You’re not a killer.”
She leaned closer, thinking he’d be relieved by the news. Behind the boy’s head, though, the
monitor started beeping faster.
What does " thinking he’d be relieved by the news" mean?
“Are you sure?”
“He’s alive. You did nothing wrong.” The monitor spiked. His eyes rolled white. “Gideon?
Breathe, honey.”
What does "The monitor spiked. " mean?
What does "His eyes rolled white" mean?
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can anyone help me?
Leaning closer, Elizabeth studied the his narrow face and bruised eyes. He portrayed a child closer to 8 than 14 appeared eight more than
His eyes opened and were filled with shadow (darkness?). “Did I kill him?, he whinced, as ”Elizabeth smoothed stroked his hair and smiled. “No, sweetheart. You’re not a killer.”
She leaned closer, thinking (or hoping) he’d be relieved by the news. Behind the boy’s head, though, the
monitor started beeping faster.
What does " thinking he’d be relieved by the news" mean? (relief is something we feel - when we imagine that something bad is going to happen but it doesn't happen - in this case, he thought he killed someone, and she told him that he didn't - so he should feel relieved = good outcome).
“Are you sure?”
“He’s alive. You did nothing wrong.” The monitor spiked. His eyes rolled back and turned white. “Gideon?
Breathe, honey.”
What does "The monitor spiked. " mean? Spiked means there is a strong change in something - in this case, the monitor is showing a rise in the boy's pulse/heart beat which might be a bad sign). Spike = to go up.
What does "His eyes rolled white" mean? It means that he is losing consciousness.
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It must be a heart monitor. Lines go and down in a spike form. When it goes really high and low rapidly, means spiked.
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