ss Caylee's cheek in the
t the burning skin. Several seconds passed before she man
atalie reacted first and caught her
away, Natalie slapped h
, while her carefully arranged curls tum
remained frozen in shock and seemed un
e room, nobody da
t the two women w
though he didn't move from his pla
e's hearin
ttention shifted toward the liquor
ted across the cabinet's mirrored doors
have spotted Caylee's re
ething wasn't right, but before he could figure it out, Caylee
toward Natalie's face,
r control and clawed a
antage. She seized Caylee by the hair and p
hem. He used one arm to force them apart before gra
vantage of the opening and
h, and she twisted her arm in an
el clamp. No matter how hard she f
order him to release her, but only a f
how restored her hearing, yet i
p trying, yet she couldn't f
de Ryan uncertain, and his grip
. Natalie instinctively pulled her head aside. The slap failed to land, but Cayle
roze when he saw it. Then rage took over. He released Natalie's wrist
g several steps until her shoulder s
crash r
imported bottles tipped over and slid from the shelves. Liquor s
ing, Ryan rushed toward Caylee
s back with heavy thuds while splinte
rms before a bottle crashed against her shoulder. Fierce pain tore thr
groan escape
her clothes as small pieces of glass rained over her. Blood trickled f
y pain throbbed through her shoulder, back, and the bottom of her skull. Her ears bu
as tears streamed down her che
ickly pushed himself off her. "Where
" Caylee whimpered. Tears filled her
hind a few narrow lines of blood. The wounds appeared mi
awled on the floor while darkness
r left arm toward Ryan. Her lips silently shaped
ifted Caylee into his arms
o," someone called out while
topped and looked ba
ressed her face against his neck. "Ryan, it hur
stay with her. If she isn't badly injured, take her home. Caylee needs
ted and seemed ready to object, b
hurried out of the private
. Several wanted to approach Natalie, but n
u hear me? Are y
t to her won't help. Does an
uld I know ho
ngs had begun to blur, and every v
ut she could no longer unders
ehead and spilled into her eyes unti
ing her head required more
el nothing e
rise from somewhere
r, and every person nearby fa
od, her head is bleeding!
appearing before bri
avier with each passing second. Before lon
mbulance r
won't Ryan ans
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