Sue paced the room she was locked in from wall to wall. It was not much of a room. She had been locked in a small space that had no windows. It looked more like a storeroom than anything else. Like a caged animal, she pounded the floor continuously, getting more agitated by the second.
She paused and took a deep breath. Sue could sense every pain that was inflicted on Rick, almost like a ghost pain over her body. She could not begin to understand how that was possible, but she was grateful to be connected with him even in this dark moment. Even if it meant her skin felt like it was stretching and tearing over and over again.
Whatever they did to him, every time another blow was added, it took her breath away. Sue tried calling out to him again, but he did not respond. She suspected he w
