No Escape (No Justice Book 2) by Nolon King & David W. Wright

Author:Nolon King & David W. Wright [King, Nolon & Wright, David W.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sterling & Stone
Published: 2017-11-07T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27 - Mallory Black

Katie had been out of the coma for nearly thirty-five minutes before the doctor came out of the room to update Mal.

Katie needed to stay in the hospital a few days for observation but seemed well on her way to recovery. Swelling had receded, so barring any unforeseen situations, she was on the mend and would be okay.

Mal entered Katie’s room. The girl was off the machines and sitting up, holding a styrofoam cup with ice chips.

Mal smiled.

Katie’s eyes were red and puffy.

“They told me that she’s dead.”

Mal nodded.

“And my father, too. You shot him?”

“Yes,” Mal said, approaching the bed. “I’m sorry.”

She was saying sorry for the loss of her mother, not her father, but allowed Katie to interpret it as needed.

Katie shook her head, staring down at her ice cup.

“I wish I never met you.”

Mal said nothing. She expected the girl to have some anger. It was good to vent those feelings. And she’d been told by the doctor not to upset Katie in any way.

She looked up at Mal, eyes tearing, “Why did you have to get involved?”

“Your father was abusing you. Both of you.”

“Yeah, but it wasn’t that bad. We could deal with it. It was better than having my mother dead.”

“I’m sorry, Katie. I wish I had gotten there sooner.”

“Now I don’t have anyone. My family is gone. Peter is gone. I don’t have any friends. What am I going to do?”

“Someone will come by to discuss your options. But the most important thing is that you’re okay. You survived.”

Katie looked up at Mal, met her eyes. “Is it? Is that the important thing? Or is the important thing that you get me to give you info on Coach Kincaid so you could use it to find another bad guy? Or give you info on my father so you could take him away from me? Take my family away? You don’t care about me, Ms. Black, so please don’t pretend otherwise.”

“I do care. I sat with you, waiting for you to come out of your coma.”

“You did that because you felt guilty. If you cared about me you wouldn’t have pushed me to report my father. I told you that he’d hurt us, but you didn’t care.”

Katie closed her eyes, tears now pouring down both sides of her face.

Mal got up, grabbed a box of napkins, and handed it to her.

Katie looked up, her eyes dark and vacant, ringed in red. Her mouth open, as if she didn’t have the strength to shut it.

“Please, just leave.”

“You just said that you don’t have anyone. I’m here to look after you until I can get someone to see you tomorrow.”

“I don’t want you here. All I see when I look at you is my mother’s eyes looking back at me, bleeding out in my arms. You should’ve just let me die. At least then we’d be together.”

Mal stepped back, tears brewing as she tried to think of something that might make things better, or maybe heal the girl.

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