Exposure
“Her arms had nearly gone numb from battling the little girl, and her leg muscles shook. Tammy now hung limp and sweating, her breath in a shallow pant. Terror squeezed Lorraine’s lungs. The sounds she’d heard from the living room and hall rattled in her head. Voices, running, someone crashing into a wall. Then a noise — twice — muted through two closed doors and all the clothes. Like a metallic smack.
Gunshots? Shock raced through her veins.
No, couldn’t be. They were arguing, and one of them k...nocked a chair over. Something like that.
Finally — silence.
She cocked her head, trying to listen above the whoosh of blood in her ears. Was that voices she heard? Calmer now, quiet. Or was she just imagining them?
“Stay here until I come get you. ” Lorraine clung to Martin’s words. He would come any minute now. Any minute.
Lorraine waited.
If only she’d thought to bring Tammy’s stuffed bear in with them. It would have been such a comfort for Tammy.
Dread mushroomed in Lorraine’s chest, and Tammy grew heavier and heavier.MoreLess
Gunshots? Shock raced through her veins.
No, couldn’t be. They were arguing, and one of them k...nocked a chair over. Something like that.
Finally — silence.
She cocked her head, trying to listen above the whoosh of blood in her ears. Was that voices she heard? Calmer now, quiet. Or was she just imagining them?
“Stay here until I come get you. ” Lorraine clung to Martin’s words. He would come any minute now. Any minute.
Lorraine waited.
If only she’d thought to bring Tammy’s stuffed bear in with them. It would have been such a comfort for Tammy.
Dread mushroomed in Lorraine’s chest, and Tammy grew heavier and heavier.MoreLess
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