Give Yourself Away
“Tye whispered, trying not to cry.
Baxter wiped the blood off Tye’s face with a few sheets of wet toilet tissue. “Don’t be. You did your best.”
Tye wanted to believe that, wanted Baxter to believe that, but he kept thinking if he’d run the other way, gone down the drive, seen that log before it tripped him… “There weren’t any other houses. This place is all on its own. I saw a wood, that’s all. I ran into it but…that’s where he caught me. I got the license plate of his van. TY4 76RP.”
... They both flinched at a loud bang. The scrap of light from the window disappeared.
Tye took a deep breath. “I’ll stay with him, and you can go.”
Baxter pulled Tye under the blanket and lay close to him on the mattress. “He isn’t going to let either of us go.”
“But he said he would.”
“He won’t because we’d go to the police.MoreLess
Baxter wiped the blood off Tye’s face with a few sheets of wet toilet tissue. “Don’t be. You did your best.”
Tye wanted to believe that, wanted Baxter to believe that, but he kept thinking if he’d run the other way, gone down the drive, seen that log before it tripped him… “There weren’t any other houses. This place is all on its own. I saw a wood, that’s all. I ran into it but…that’s where he caught me. I got the license plate of his van. TY4 76RP.”
... They both flinched at a loud bang. The scrap of light from the window disappeared.
Tye took a deep breath. “I’ll stay with him, and you can go.”
Baxter pulled Tye under the blanket and lay close to him on the mattress. “He isn’t going to let either of us go.”
“But he said he would.”
“He won’t because we’d go to the police.MoreLess
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