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Only then did Taylor let hio

Glen reached her in six strides, pushed his shoulder under hers, and relieved the SWAT officer of her weight

"Baby, I’m here" He was in motion; his free arround as he ran her to the waiting ambulance

Mary buried her head in his shoulder as she wept and repeated his naently laid her down, but she wouldn’t let go "I’rip broke his heart

"Let theht here"

He pried her hands free of his neck and held on to one of theurney into the ambulance

Chaos erupted behind hi Duvall to walk out on his own

The media, who had set up cameras before Glen had arrived, were in a state of animation as they scrambled to capture shots of Mary, of the houseof the officers inwith the gurney and continued to tell Mary she was safe and he was there

The noise from behind them disappeared when the doors of the ambulance sla else out

He glanced down at their clasped hands and noticed the welts on her wrists

A little part of hi moved around her as if she were in a tunnel

All Mary saas Glen

It was as if her body andon their own the moment she was out of crisis She knew she was safe and allowed everything to shut down

Glen kept asking her if she was all right

She told hi and neither one of theency roohtened child

She took five stitches to her temple, had a nasty ankle sprain that required an Aircast and crutches, and a stupid broken clavicle, which made the crutches nearly impossible to use Mary couldn’t reed that injury

The police questioned her in the hospital A psychiatric crisis counselor insisted that Glen leave the rooh for them to talk

No one told her what had happened to Kent and she didn’t ask

It surprised her The desire to not ask and not want to know the outcoh hell for nearly twelve hours

Someone would eventually tell her what happened, but for nowshe only thought of herself

She held Glen’s hand in silence, their co more than a look and a s with Glen outside her temporary room at the hospital "Dakota and Walt are on their way and Mary Frances and Burke have already landed"

Glen spoke in a hushed whisper before returning to her bedside