Chapter Seven Julie’s nose wasn’t broken, but it was swollen to almost double and impossible to breathe through, from what he could tell. It had to hurt like hell. He couldn’t believe she wore contact lenses, but he’d known something was up from the way she’d been blinking furiously, her eyes watering. She’d asked the paramedic who’d shown up after the cop to remove them. There seemed to be a lot about her that he hadn’t realized. Even though she’d argued, said she was fine, and tried to tell everyone all she wanted was to go home, that wasn’t happening at this point, considering they were now walking into the Casper police station. “Look, I just want to go home. I’m tired, I hurt…” she said again, really pressing the issue. “You need to sit down and make a statement,” the cop said. He

