r, the doorbell of
id private physician, arrive
His face was an unreadable mask. He po
s ordered flatly. "I
massive desk and clicked a button on his laptop. The live feed from th
softly and ente
uminated Jaclyn. She was sitting up in bed, her k
with a penlight. He gently
soothing voice. "Can you tell me wha
ng. She could feel his eyes o
as her
s began to nervously twist and pull at the edge of the
bling perfectly. "Everyone was trying to push me. They wer
his mouth. The unlit cigar slipped from his
d and quickly jotted down: Suspected Post-Trau
r, Dr. Alan walk
rauma from the fall, combined with extreme psychologica
response. Sometimes, under extreme stress, the brain latches onto a figure of authority or power as a source
lor of granite. His stomach
g than have her docility be
respond, the interco
ugh the speaker. "Miss Cherri Lester is in t
o throw the girl out onto the stree
He needed to see how Jaclyn rea
into the master bedroom, carrying a
low pressing over her mouth suffocated her. Her fingerna
al muscles to relax int
the bed. She reached out
round the room. "Why were you so weird on the
natched her hand back and presse
her eyes darting nervously. "I d
n Cherri's eyes. The fall really had
monster. Bradford loves you. You need to sign the
ly. It was so easy to s
air and pulled slight
slightly manic. "Gaines said if I'm a g
ooking at a rabid dog. The sentence made absolute
Gaines stopp
t his ribs. That sentence wasn't crazy. It was a d
ptly, smoothing down
ri muttered, backing
behind Cherri, the vacant, crazy
d, calculating smirk touch
was offic
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