Letting Go
“Then she’d have to fight again and she was just too tired. She clamped her eyes shut and tried not to hear her name being repeated over and over. Why wouldn’t they all just leave her alone?
*** “Sir, you should probably give her a shake to wake her up,” announced the uniformed police officer to his left. When the man made a move to touch Casey Devlin gave him a dangerous look.
“No,” was all he said but the tone in his voice made the order clear to the officer. The man glanced at his f...emale partner who shook her head doubtfully.
Devlin turned his attention back to Casey and called her name again. While his first instinct had been to touch her, he knew better. When he said her name again, he saw her flinch. When he had arrived only moments ago at the church, the priest who had found Casey had tried to warn him about her condition but nothing could have prepared him for what he saw. As he had carefully moved her hair from the side of her face, he had seen that her right eye was twice its normal size and swollen shut.MoreLess
*** “Sir, you should probably give her a shake to wake her up,” announced the uniformed police officer to his left. When the man made a move to touch Casey Devlin gave him a dangerous look.
“No,” was all he said but the tone in his voice made the order clear to the officer. The man glanced at his f...emale partner who shook her head doubtfully.
Devlin turned his attention back to Casey and called her name again. While his first instinct had been to touch her, he knew better. When he said her name again, he saw her flinch. When he had arrived only moments ago at the church, the priest who had found Casey had tried to warn him about her condition but nothing could have prepared him for what he saw. As he had carefully moved her hair from the side of her face, he had seen that her right eye was twice its normal size and swollen shut.MoreLess
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