Model Crime 1
“I turned that way just in time to see Sydney burst out from the hallway with her mother and Vic right behind her.
“No!” Sydney wailed, her face streaked with tears and her pale cheeks red and splotchy. “I can’t handle it. It’s too much!”
“Sydney, settle down!” Ellie said firmly. She glanced around the waiting room, obviously realizing that just about everyone had stopped their own conversations to turn and stare.
“Hang on, Mama Ellie. Let me try, okay?” Vic put an arm around Sydney’s shoulders.... “Come with me, baby,” he said, his voice softer and more emotional than I’d heard it so far. “Let’s just go talk about this, okay? Please, Syd?”
Sydney sniffled but didn’t protest as he steered her back down the hallway out of sight—and hearing—of the waiting room. The rest of us watched them go.
“Whoa,” Bess said quietly. “Sydney seems really upset.”
I shot a glance at Deb, who had wandered off to talk excitedly at Candy and Akinyi. “Yeah,” I agreed quietly.MoreLess
“No!” Sydney wailed, her face streaked with tears and her pale cheeks red and splotchy. “I can’t handle it. It’s too much!”
“Sydney, settle down!” Ellie said firmly. She glanced around the waiting room, obviously realizing that just about everyone had stopped their own conversations to turn and stare.
“Hang on, Mama Ellie. Let me try, okay?” Vic put an arm around Sydney’s shoulders.... “Come with me, baby,” he said, his voice softer and more emotional than I’d heard it so far. “Let’s just go talk about this, okay? Please, Syd?”
Sydney sniffled but didn’t protest as he steered her back down the hallway out of sight—and hearing—of the waiting room. The rest of us watched them go.
“Whoa,” Bess said quietly. “Sydney seems really upset.”
I shot a glance at Deb, who had wandered off to talk excitedly at Candy and Akinyi. “Yeah,” I agreed quietly.MoreLess
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