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knows for sure. Dane says he taunted him, but Jack is sitting here with injuries—probably a broken arm. Seems a little iffy to me,” Dave said, giving me a once over. His eyes judged and chided me, making me feel lower than low.
    “I wouldn’t do that to anyone, even someone as mean as Jack. It was an accident. This house is old, the wood was probably weak. The stairs squeak for God’s sake! Come on,” I yelled.
    “See, he has an anger problem!” Jack exclaimed, holding his arm across his chest and his leg with the free hand.
    The ambulance pulled up about the time everyone turned to glare at me again. The EMT’s loaded Jack up as he went on and on about how much pain he was in. Everyone seemed to fall for his act as he was wheeled away. The cop car outside waited until the ambulance left before parking in front of the house.
    “I told you,” Cale hissed. He patted me on the back, and stepped a few feet away, arms crossed and legs spread. He looked ready to fight.
    A police officer came to the open door, knocking once. “Is there a Dane Davidson in this residence?”
    Everyone pointed to me. I stepped forward, knowing nothing good was going to come of this interaction. “I’m Dane, Sir. How can I help you?”
    “I need to ask you a few questions about Jack Smith’s accident. Before we start, is there anyone else in this room that was around when this incident happened?”
    Cale stepped forward, “I didn’t see anything, but I overhead the conversation before.”
    The officer nodded. “Ok, I’ll need you both to come down to the station to give statements,” he said, addressing us. He glanced at the rest of the room, “The rest of you can go about your business now.”
    They took some pictures and jotted down some notes. Cale and I weren’t required to ride with the officers, but we were needed today. We followed them as they left, both praying Jack didn’t press charges on me.
    I couldn’t believe I’d gotten so angry over him talking about Korah. What was happening to me?

Chapter Six-Korah
    “I hate shopping,” I groaned to Leela.
    “I know, but you need to get out some. You’re able to speak again and you’ve been holed up too much. I won’t let anything happen, Korah,” she said, her eyes kind and gentle, but her voice held a fierceness that I trusted. She wouldn’t let Christopher get to me if he showed up.
    “I know,” I sighed. Admitting my fear was defeat. I couldn’t let him win. I wouldn’t.
    “Do you want to talk about everything?” she asked quietly.
    We were in the car, she was driving, and we slowly made our way to the mall. We were headed out of town, I was too afraid to shop in our city, so we had a bit of a drive ahead of us. As soon as she’d pulled me along with her, I’d known she would want to talk.
    “I don’t know, Lee. I feel helpless.”
    She nodded, keeping her eyes on the road. “You know, I’ve never been in an abusive relationship, but I would imagine it’s easy to feel that way. Seeing you that way was devastating, Korah,” she sniffled. “I know we haven’t had much time to talk and I’m sorry. You seemed so happy with Dane, I didn’t want to mess it up. And I didn’t want to have this conversation while you were without a voice. I really think talking about it may help. I want you to know I’m here for you.”
    I reached over, placing my hand on her arm and squeezing. “I know you are, Leela. I’m so sorry you saw me like that. I had no idea Christopher was following me Valentine’s night, but I should have seen the signs. I’m so glad Dane came as quickly as he did. I think he would have killed me,” I whispered.
    Admitting it was harder than I imagined. I’d thought it many times over the past few weeks, but refused to speak about it. I knew she must have thought the same, as well as Dane. Knowing I could have died that night was terrifying. It played over in my mind every day, teasing me with the memory of his hands gripping my