“He can’t go out there! We have to stop him, Carol, help me!”
She grabbed Carol’s arm and tugged. After resisting for a second, Carol let Miss Kellen pull her upright. If nothing else to keep her shoulder un-dislocated.
“He’s already out there, but we can help him. Tell me why, Miss Kellen!”
She dragged Carol several steps toward the front door, shaking her head the whole way.
“It wasn’t Katie’s fault,” she said, now sounding angry instead of afraid. “She never should have come up here in the first place, certainly not without letting me know. Now it’s all going to fall apart and cause ever so much trouble.”
Carol braced herself against the door to the entryway with one hand, hoping Miss Kellen would stop pulling her arm before it actually did hurt.
“Katie? Isn’t she out of town?”
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