WITHOUT PROTECTION from the cold, Jada’s teeth were soon chattering. She was also turning blue. She lay on the floor, curled up, clinging to the last of her body’s warmth.
Henry returned from his walk, shut the barn doors and saw the state she was in. ‘No, no, no, no.’
He frantically ran around searching for something. He found a blanket, grabbed two ends and flung it on top of Jada, not risking getting close. Next, he boiled water, poured it in a hot water bottle and put this on top of her. Minutes later, after she stopped shivering violently, he cut the duct tape around her wrists.
‘Sit up,’ he ordered.
‘I can’t,’ she said in a whimper.
Henry kicked her backside so hard that she bounced up off the ground, writhing in pain.
‘Sit up!’
With heroic effort, she rolled over, raising her
