Kyle knew who the woman was before she was on them. Kerry had gone stone cold. "It's okay, sweetie." He whispered to her just as the other woman stopped in front of them with the stroller.
He debated for all of two seconds before pulling her away and around the woman and heading for his bike. She was damn near catatonic when he put the helmet on her. "Look at me. Don't do this, don't let her see you like this." She nodded her head, but he knew she was too far gone inside her head for his words to mean much. Dammit, just when the day had been going so well.
Her arms squeezed around him even tighter than usual, and he closed his eyes in silent prayer for a second. It f****d with him that she was hurt. It f****d with him even more that there was nothing he could do about it now. If the ba
