I wish I could see him I'm not asking that!I...
I wish I could see him
I'm not asking that!I cringed at the thought of the responsethat request would receive
At the same time, I yearned to see the boy's face for myselfI wanted to be sure that he was
really here, really safe–that they were feeding him and caring for him the way Melanie never
could againThe way I, mother to no one, wanted to care for himDid he have someone to sing
to him at night? To tell him stories? Would this new, angry Jared think of little things like that?
Did he have someone to curl up against when he was frightened?
Do you think they will tell him that I'm here?Melanie asked
Would that help or hurt him?I asked back
Her thought was a whisper I wish I could tell him that I rolex vintage women's watch kept my promise shook my head, amazedo one can say that you didn't come back, just like
alwaysI couldn't tell if she meant for my words now, or if she
meant the bigger picture, bringing her here
I was suddenly exhausted, and I could feel that she was, tooNow that my stomach had settled
a bit and felt almost halfway full, the rest of my pains were not sharp enough to keep me awake
I hesitated before moving, afraid to make any noise, but my body wanted to uncurl and stretch
outI did so as silently as I could, trying to find a piece of the bubble long enough for me
Finally, I had to stick my feet almost out the round openingI didn't like doing it, worried that
Jared would hear the movement close to him tiffany silver and think I was trying to escape, but he didn't
react in any wayI pillowed the good side of my face against my arm, tried to ignore the way the
curve of the floor cramped my spine, and closed my eyes
I think I slept, but if I did, it wasn't deeplyThe sound of footsteps was still very far away when
I came fully awake
This time I opened my eyes at onceNothing had changed–I still could see the dull blue light
through the round hole; I still could not see if Jared was outside itSomeone was coming this
way–it was easy to hear that the footsteps were coming closerI pulled my legs away from the
opening, moving as quietly as I could, and curled up against the back wall againI would have
liked to be able chanel purses and handbags to stand; it would have made me feel less vulnerable, more prepared to face
whatever was comingThe low ceiling of the cave bubble would barely have allowed me to
kneel
There was a flash of movement outside my prisonI saw part of Jared's foot as he rose silently
to his feetHere you are,” a man saidThe words were so loud after all the empty silence that I
jumpedI recognized the voiceOne of the brothers I'd seen in the desert–the one with the
machete, Kyle
“We're not going to allow this, Jared It was a different speaker, a more reasonable voice
Probably the younger brother, IanThe brothers' voices were very similar–or they would have
been, if Kyle weren't always half shouting, his tone always twisted gucci indy bag with anger“We've all lost
somebody–hell, we've all lost everybodyBut this is ridiculous
“If you won't let Doc have it, then it's got to die,” Kyle added, his voice a growl
“You can't keep it prisoner here,” Ian continued“Eventually, it will escape and we'll all be
exposed
Jared didn't speak, but he took one side step that put him directly in front of the opening to my
cell
My heart pumped hard and fast as I understood what the brothers were sayingI
was not to be torturedI was not to be killed–not immediately, anywayJared was keeping me
prisoner
It seemed a beautiful word under the circumstances
I told you he would protect us
“Don't make this difficult, Jared,” said a new male voice I didn't chanel jumbo flap recogni