With Freeman and Osterlund secured to a tree, Murdock had sought and found a small branch and was whittling it. It wasn’t but an eighth of an inch in diameter, when the bark was removed, but it seemed stout enough for his purposes.
“What are your plans for those two?” Mei Lee asked. She had come up to her husband quietly and had been watching over his shoulder.
“Did Doctor Harris make a decision?” he asked without turning his attention from his task.
“She has told us all she knows of her attack. She can’t be absolutely sure that Osterlund is the one that attacked her. Until she is absolutely certain, she refuses to exact any revenge,” Mei Lee said quietly.
“How is she doing otherwise?” Murdock asked.
“She’s very fragile, emotionally,” Mei Lee responded. “She keeps asking for Annie. Do
