at on a splintered park bench, a small smile on her face as she watched Leo s
moment
her overweight son, Dustin, in tow. Tammy's eyes landed
ing to let Tammy poison t
making, shoved a little girl out o
fender of justic
ld wait y
rd. Leo stumbled backward and fell, his knee scraping against
d with tears, bu
ed, replaced by a cold stillness.
out, folding her arms, a smug look on her
ordering the park. In the back seat, Eleanor Carlisle, a woman whose posture and prese
ide Leo, checking his bleeding knee
height and the sudden ice in her eyes m
voice was quiet, but it car
. And apologi
ther for support. Bolstered by her presen
hink you are, ordering my boy around? He's an unwanted
e sudden quiet of the
ors had stopped to watch, thei
rlisle's brow furrowed. Th
dead cold. The time
's wrist. A slight, expert twist of pressure. The boy
Britta with her nails out, aiming fo
d motion, used a simple joint lock to twist it behind her back. Tammy, fi
nt silent.
ling in pain and fury,
surprise, which quickly morphed into a loo
iver. "Find out who that wo
handed it to Leo. She looked down
or anyone in your family ever lays a hand on my son again, or
stumbled away, her face
res of everyone around them, she walked away fro
y a wave of awe and absolute security. His
ed them go. A slow, thoughtfu
ng. Very i
truggle. But more than that, she s
hat her s
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