Tainted Bodies by Sarah Robinson

Author:Sarah Robinson [Robinson, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-12-31T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

Annie let herself into her sister’s apartment with the spare key she had and quickly put her purse down on the floor as she locked it behind her. She had rushed down to Washington, DC so fast that she hadn’t had time to bring any luggage with her from New York. She double checked the lock, feeling frightened at the eerie silence in the room. The apartment was still dark and Annie didn’t want to turn on any lights, afraid of what she would see. She stepped further into the apartment, trembling with nerves.

“Kate?” Annie whispered softly, hoping her sister could hear her. She felt her way down the wall towards the bedroom and softly tapped on the door even though it was open.

“Kate? Are you in here?” She continued softly, stepping into the room gingerly as if she wasn’t sure the floor was still going to be there to hold her. She squinted and scanned the room, finally finding her sister.

Kate was still lying in bed, it had only been about three hours since the stranger had left but she hadn’t been able to move, partly from fear but mostly from pain. She had called her sister on the bedside table phone and begged her to come immediately. She hadn’t said much, so Annie was still unsure of most of the details except that she knew her sister needed her. She hadn’t told Annie about the pain or the beating or the fact that if she lost anymore blood, she wasn’t going to be able to come back from this.

Kate’s body couldn’t look at her sister because her eyes were swollen shut, but Kate was still laying in bed with herself, holding herself even more tightly at the idea of someone walking in and seeing her body this way. She knew she should have just called the police but she couldn’t imagine letting anyone see her like this. Annie was the only person in the world she could trust to see her in such a vulnerable place.

Annie could see that her sister was laying in her bed and heard her whimpering, but it was too dark to see much more than her silhouette, so she stepped over to the nightstand and pulled the cord on her lamp. She was alarmed at how bright the light was and quickly grabbed a piece of clothing on the floor and draped it over the lamp to soften the room.

She collected her breath as she turned to look at her sister in the light for the first time. As she looked at Kate, she sucked in her breath violently and felt her knees weaken as she dropped to the floor, kneeling next to the bed. Annie began crying immediately, not knowing what to do or say.

Kate had pulled the sheets around her, but she was still nude except for some ripped clothes still hanging off her body. Her eyes were swollen almost shut and there were cuts and bruises all across her face and upper body.

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