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He flippedinto my fresh wounds, and started to undo his pants Disbelief struck so hard, a wave of dizziness washed over me

No I shook my head No way Not rape Not rape I had been stabbed I had been sliced so deep, the knife scored bone I had been dragged byinto every bad situation iinable, I had never been raped

And I wouldn’t be I couldn’t be I was the gri enough to suel or Reyes They had no idea I was in trouble Maybe it was the head injury blocking irl powers With a fierce determination, I knocked him off balance He fell next to me, and I leaned over as fast as I could and buried h oing for the nose, but that was out of reach, so the neck would have to do

He howled in pain and pushed until I flew off hie had a lattice barricade also made of metal I hit it and fell face forward, but I twisted until I was onhim so co his neck, he scraed forward I kicked with both legs, a shrill pain shooting through me with the contact He flew back and tripped on the wooden slats of the bridge, hitting his head on a bolt in the bracing "Fuck!" He clasped his head, pressed his fingers to his neck, and rocked a lared at ered back down the bridge to his SUV

I lay between the barrier and a train track, gasping, pants down to my ankles and barely able to move The world spun at warp speed as I waited to see what he would do next Would he just throw le me as promised? Stab e was tilting and I was going to fall off it with my pants down and htly, trying to get ave up and rolled back against the rough wood The s overhead were beautiful, intricate, like a spider’s web glistening in the night, spinning with the stars, blurring A movement captured my attention, and I saw Faith Little Faith, out from under my bed and about to watchdown atfor a long time That probably lad to be rid of hined to Faith

Marv walked up until he was standing over , but ht He had patched up his neck with a rag, like the kind mechanics used

"You shouldn’t have done that"

Like I’d never heard that before

Then he brought around a handheld torch Like the kind et a whole lot worse

"Let’s see how you like this," he said, pulling the trigger on the slow It as leak With a seething hatred glittering in his eyes, he knelt beside ht his attention and he paused Still thinking about it I looked up at Faith again, but she was gone No, not gone I looked towith a cal

I couldn’t let her see this