She was silent for several seconds and when she spoke her voice was barely audible, even to his enhanced hearing.
"It was my senior year, my last class before the Labor Day weekend. I had a night class."
He wanted to ask if she meant when she was at A&M, but he kept silent. He didn"t want to stop her, for fear she wouldn"t start again. She needed to get it out.
"I was headed out to my car. There were other people around, people I"d seen around and after class, but only one was anywhere near me. He wasn"t from my class, but there were a lot of night classes. I had my bag on my shoulder and had just gotten to my car. I was digging my keys out of my pocket when there was a blinding pain through my entire body, then nothing."
Steve"s arms tightened around her. He ran his hand up and down t
