Chapter 11
Sirens filled the neighborhood while Chris sat with the woman, applying pressure to her wound with one hand and holding her hand with his other. She gave his a gentle squeeze as she smiled up at him. Even though their attacker had been arrested and removed from the house, Chris still felt that he could turn and see the man standing behind him instead of the steady flow of policemen searching the house.
Two EMTs wheeled a gurney into the room and parked it by the woman’s feet. One paramedic went to the woman’s side while the second lightly touched Chris’s arm and said, “We’ll take it from here.”
“Thanks,” Chris said as he looked up at the EMT, then turned back to the woman. “You’re going to be okay.”
She patted his hand.
Chris stood, then went to stand by the window in the d
