Violent Exposure by Katherine Howell

Author:Katherine Howell [Howell, Katherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, fiction, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9781743142240
Publisher: Bolinda Audio
Published: 2010-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TEN

Connor twisted his arms. Each turn ripped hairs from his skin but soon he would have none left and the pain would be less – the pain in his wrists anyway. His head felt like it was going to explode under the pressure of the tape, his throat was dry, and thirst raged within him so that it was hard to think about anything else. He’d shouted for help again and in doing so had re-split his lower lip, and it throbbed and dripped blood still.

He tried to think. The reason why this was happening had to be in his grasp, if he could only see it. Terrible things happened randomly in life but he couldn’t make himself believe that this was one of them. He thought of what he knew and tried to add the facts up.

He remembered looking through the peephole. He remembered opening the door.

From there things got foggy again. He remembered Suzanne – oh God, his poor, poor Suzanne.

Why did he open the door?

The cloud cleared a little and he remembered seeing the younger one being held up by the other one. Being held up like he couldn’t stand. Connor hadn’t been able to see their faces, and hadn’t been suspicious when the other one said, ‘Help us, please,’ in a gasping, pleading voice, and had simply opened the door. The older one hadn’t said thanks, hadn’t asked him to call an ambulance or staggered over the threshold with his friend. Instead, he’d shoved the youth so that he fell into the hallway, then put a gun in Connor’s face.

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