She turned her head slightly at the sound of his voice, fear and pain in her warm brown eyes as she regarded him.
“Hot Flash,” she began, to answer his question, not moving any part of her body because she didn’t want to groan in front of him in pain. The tears continued down her face unrelenting.
“Oh god I’m so sorry,” she continued, wishing to curl up into herself but not daring to.
“Hot Flash.” he echoed the name quietly, hands trembling, as he continued to touch her where he dare. “What.. how did she find you? I thought… I thought we’d be free of them for a little while…”
He couldn’t understand it. It wasn’t fair. What had Katelynn done to deserve this kind of treatment? Belittled and spoken down to by her mother, now Hot Flash and Psycho Delic seemed to take great joy in causing her pain. What was it going to take to get them to leave her alone?
“C-come on… Stella, down, come on…” he eased the puppy from Katelynn, setting her down before beginning to ease Katelynn to her feet. “We need to see to, to your injuries…”
Jack Maple 