Violence. It was a terrible thing – damaging to the soul, in her opinion – but there were times when the use of force was necessary. Whether or not it was justified was a whole other philosophical quandary. The necessary thing was not always the right thing. Now she just had to-
Despair came over her when she turned around to find that Kevin was nowhere to be seen. The boy had run off again, using the distraction Anna had provided to escape. Bleakness take it all!
After all that work, all that struggle – not to mention the pain of taxing herself and her Nassai – she had lost him again! For a moment, she just wanted to sit down on the sidewalk and cry. Maybe later, a small voice whispered. She could deal with the fallout of all this stress later. Right now, she had to find the kid before
