“What happened to her?” A frantic Alex met them from the door facing the backyard. Leo was still carrying her and he was trying his best not to drop her. His hands were already experiencing cramps and the blood in his veins was not circulating well.
A two-kilometer jog from the river was easy. Yet carrying Trish all that time was not. Sambag’s upper body was not well equipped for this. He was out of breath even before he reached Trish's house.
He did not know where Sambag's body got the strength to take on the two flights of stairs.
Leo gently placed Trish on a bench that was in the hallway. As soon as he was freed from the burden he talked.
“Trish got dragged by the current in the river earlier. She almost drowned as it was too strong for her. I am sorry for putting her in danger.
