Critical Condition
““Shut up and do as you’re told,” Black snapped at his partner. “I’ll tell you when it’s time to start shooting people.”
Smith grinned, then aimed his glare at Lydia again as more blood dripped from his nose.
“You really don’t know who I am, do you?” Black asked Lydia.
She didn’t bother to answer. Instead, she let Trey hold her against him on the couch, trying to block out the pain in her arm. She hadn’t broken her cast, but the bones inside had been rattled enough that pain twanged through her ...entire body.
Black wandered around her living room, examining the artifacts of their daily lives with an interest that surprised her. Then he ended up at the mantel, fingering Lydia’s two most precious possessions: the only surviving photos of Maria.
“Leave those alone.” She couldn’t help herself. She’d fought for eighteen years, particularly all those years in foster care, to hang on to those two photos and the only other legacy she had left from Maria: a charm bracelet that circled her wrist, hidden from sight by her sleeve.MoreLess
Smith grinned, then aimed his glare at Lydia again as more blood dripped from his nose.
“You really don’t know who I am, do you?” Black asked Lydia.
She didn’t bother to answer. Instead, she let Trey hold her against him on the couch, trying to block out the pain in her arm. She hadn’t broken her cast, but the bones inside had been rattled enough that pain twanged through her ...entire body.
Black wandered around her living room, examining the artifacts of their daily lives with an interest that surprised her. Then he ended up at the mantel, fingering Lydia’s two most precious possessions: the only surviving photos of Maria.
“Leave those alone.” She couldn’t help herself. She’d fought for eighteen years, particularly all those years in foster care, to hang on to those two photos and the only other legacy she had left from Maria: a charm bracelet that circled her wrist, hidden from sight by her sleeve.MoreLess
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