Night Vision by Maggie Shayne

Author:Maggie Shayne [Shayne, Maggie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Thunderfoot
Published: 2019-09-27T18:30:00+00:00

Sam was on the floor beside Megan, and so was Linda Keller. They’d started out on the bed. Linda had been describing everything that had happened, while holding Meg’s hand, but Megan seemed to be the one living it. When Linda got to the point where the man grabbed her from behind, Meg had come off the bed as if jerked from behind herself, hitting the floor back-first. Linda came off the bed with her, grappling to grab hold of her hand again, and Sam rushed to Meg’s side, terrified of what he was seeing. Meg jerked her arms up over her face as if warding off blows, and then one hand shot down to clutch at something–at nothing. Just air.

“Megan, honey, come on, it’s enough. You’re killing yourself with this.” He gripped her shoulders, shook them gently. “Meg, I mean it. It’s enough, come back!”

Her eyes opened slowly. Sam was shocked to see a trickle of blood coming from her nostril. “What the hell?”

She touched the blood, looked at it on her fingertips. “Your body believes what your mind tells it,” she whispered. She took a few breaths, seemed to try to shake off the vision. “Mine thinks it just took a beating. This is a little more realism than I expected, but...” He helped her sit up, realized he was shaking as bad as she was. It was as if he’d just witnessed an assault on her by some invisible force. And he realized she was hurting as if that was exactly what had happened. She held a hand to her jaw as he lifted her to her feet, then helped her to the chair. She sank into it.

Linda handed him a box of tissues, then got back up onto her bed. “Megan, did it work? Did you see him?”

Megan lifted her head, clutching a tissue to her nose, while Sam leaned over her, stroking her hair and back and shoulders. It tore him apart to see her going through all of this. He hated it.

“No,” Megan said. “But I felt him. You touched him, grabbed his wrist to stop him from groping you. And I did, too. And I felt him.”

Linda frowned, looking at Sam. “I don’t understand.”

“Neither do I,” Sam said. “There was no skin under her nails, Meg.” He looked at Meg, but she said nothing. “I’m sorry we put you through all that, Linda,” he said, without taking his eyes from Megan. “I really think I should get her home.”

“Me, too,” Linda said.

“Will you be okay?” Sam asked, forcing himself to look at Linda.

She nodded. “They’re letting me go home today.”

Meg came out of her thoughts and smiled a little. “Roderick will be so glad to see you.”

“I know. I miss him.” Linda shifted her eyes to Sam’s again. “Will I be safe there?”

He nodded. “We’ll have a car watching the place, and we'll set you up with a panic button. You hit it, and officers will be there within seconds.”

She nodded. “Thank you again.

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