Ani wasn’t sure what she was witnessing or whether it was any of her business. She was, however, certain that she was at the wrong house and was about to leave her hiding place when Cam came out from inside carrying a couple of garbage bags. She had almost forgotten what she had heard and seen and was about to call out to him when the man from inside lumbered out onto the porch. He was big, wearing a stained T-shirt and holding a bottle that appeared to contain some kind of dark liquor. She watched Cam lug the bags out to the side of the road and place them down on the soft shoulder. On his way back to the house Ani noticed bruises covering one of his arms, both his eyes were black and swollen — one of them almost shut — and his lip seemed to be gashed and was bleeding down his chin. The m
