Out of the Shadows by Michelle Arnold

Author:Michelle Arnold
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2017-06-11T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Amy was still wide awake when her mother arrived the next morning, but thankfully, Lira had finally gone to sleep. Becky found Amy lying on the bed with her arms protectively around Lira, whose head was resting on Amy's chest. Amy waved to acknowledge her mother's arrival and then put a finger to her lips. Becky tiptoed to the side of the bed and set down the bouquet of flowers and the bag she had brought with her.

"I brought the things you asked for from home," she whispered.

"Thanks," Amy whispered back. She glanced down at Lira. "I've never had to pee so bad in my life."

"So go pee!"

"I can't! She just fell asleep an hour ago!"

"Fine, pee the bed then." Becky sat down.

Amy continued lying in silence for a bit, hating to admit that her mother was right, before finally giving up.

"Okay, help me move her," she whispered. "But be careful."

"Do you think I don't know that?" Becky moved around the bed and helped Amy slowly ease Lira onto her back. "She's out cold, poor thing."

"She should be, after the night we had," Amy muttered, hurrying towards the bathroom. When she came back out, Becky grabbed her arm and dragged her out into the hall.

"How is she doing?" the older woman asked.

"She's…bad, but not really any worse than you would expect." Amy pushed her hair out of her face. "She’s in a lot of pain. They gave her pain meds, but all they really do is take the edge off. And she’s really anxious. It took her hours to fall asleep. Every time she started to drift off, she would kind of jump back awake in combat mode, like she thought someone was attacking her. She didn't go to sleep for real until after they brought breakfast. Which she didn't touch." She looked down. "And I figured out pretty fast that I can't touch her when she's not expecting it."

Becky took her daughter's hands. "Amy, I'm sorry this happened to you both. But she will get better."

"I wish I could bring the sick bastard back to life."

"Why would you want to do that?"

"So I can break his wrist and then kill him again. I'm sure you noticed the cast on Lira's wrist?"

Becky nodded.

"It's a spiral fracture. That means he twisted her wrist until it broke. Thanks to the drugs he gave her, she doesn't remember very much of what he did to her, but she does remember that. And I just shot him straight through the heart. He didn't suffer. He died right away."

"Amy, you're a good person. I know you don't really want to make people suffer."

Amy shook her head. "We all have a dark side, Mom. Well, everyone except Lira. And when people hurt Lira, it brings out my dark side. I did what I had to do at the time, but I wish, I really wish, I could have made him suffer for what he did to her. Because she has to, and she didn't do anything wrong.

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