CHAPTER NINE
‘I don't believe you!’ The words choked their way out of Sarah's mouth. ‘You must be lying!’ Her voice rose in a hysteric manner, sharp and shrill, and her legs began to tremble beneath her as they finally gave way and she collapsed onto the floor. Her eyes appeared enormous in her shocked, ghostly face. ‘Please, tell me that you’re lying,’ she begged with tears streaming down her cheeks. She felt numb with shock.
Danny sat down on the floor beside her and pulled her into his arms. ‘I'm sorry. I am not lying, Sarah,’ he murmured into her hair.
She trembled against his body as he held her tightly. ‘But how? Why?’
‘I would have imagined the ‘‘why” was clear,’ an even, but an angry voice interrupted them from behind. ‘And the ‘‘how”...well that should be equally obvious, a
