anywhere, and the press is everywhere around here. It's worse than before because this news has gone national so the whole parking lot is packed with news vehicles. Don't push yourself any more than you have. You can come when Missy's awake. Your dad and I are here and we’ll keep you updated. Stay with Dean and please trust him, honey." Her voice cracked. “I feel relief knowing you are with him.”
The anguish in her mother’s voice made Anne’s heart twist in a tight knot. She couldn’t stand to cause her mother any more pain. No matter how many mistakes she made in the past, her mother was always there for her, helping her right back up and letting her know that she was never alone. If staying with Dean eased her mother’s worry, then that’s what she would do. Besides, she was in no condition to go anywhere. Her head still felt like a jackhammer was doing its work inside her skull, and she could barely stay up.
"All right, Mom. Please call me as soon as anything changes with Missy."
"Sweetie, you know that I will."
"Thanks, Mom." She ended the call and handed the phone back to Dean.
"Do you need anything else?"
"No, I'm fine." She rubbed her head and felt the last of the pain disappear but her body still felt so weak and tired. “I think that I’m going to lie down for a few more minutes.”
“Take as much time as you need. If it doesn’t bother you, I’ll keep the boat circling the lake.”
“No, it will actually make me feel better.” She was about to head to the bedroom when she stopped and turned back to him. "I never got a chance to finish telling you about Evan's car."
Dean grabbed the empty pan and put it I the sink. "I didn't want to ask until you felt better, but since you brought it up."
"Evan's car actually gave me a pretty good description of the guy. Medium height and build, short dark hair, and he said that he had a tattoo of a dragon on his left arm. Green with red glowing eyes and a forked tongue that wrapped around his arm."
"That alone will help us ID the guy quicker." He transferred the plates into the sink. "I'll call around and see what I can dig up.”
"That's going to go over very well—‘hey, watch out for this guy because a car told me.’"
"I have connections who can kind find out anything I need them to without asking questions.”
“Why do I get the feeling that this guy is going to show up in a body bag?”
He twisted towards her and crossed his arms. “My connections aren’t those kind of people, Anne. We’ll find this guy and we’ll make him tell us everything he knows so we can get to the bottom of this. I want to make sure that he spends the rest of his life rotting in jail.”
His cold tone made her realize that he was serious about finding this guy and making him pay for what he did to Missy, Evan, and everyone else involved in the accident.
She walked back to the bed in the bedroom. Instantly, she felt relief as her head hit the pillow and she drifted off.
*
After Dean washed and put away the dishes, he went up to the deck to think through the situation. He never met or heard of anyone like Anne even when he in the Marines. Most of those on his team were able to do things like see through the dark or have extra strength. Even his sister Jeri’s power paled in comparison to what Anne could do. She could be a dangerous force for the wrong type of people. A pit formed in his stomach. What if somehow Missy’s accident was tied to her somehow? He had to get to figure out what was going on before something happened to Anne.
He pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number he knew by heart.
"What's up, bro?" Keith answered after the second ring. Dean knew that he couldn’t protect Anne alone, and Keith would be able to help him track the guy who sabotaged her sister’s car.
They were like brothers, almost as close as Dean was with Eric. Keith would help him with anything.
When Keith came back from the service, he joined the police force and was
The anguish in her mother’s voice made Anne’s heart twist in a tight knot. She couldn’t stand to cause her mother any more pain. No matter how many mistakes she made in the past, her mother was always there for her, helping her right back up and letting her know that she was never alone. If staying with Dean eased her mother’s worry, then that’s what she would do. Besides, she was in no condition to go anywhere. Her head still felt like a jackhammer was doing its work inside her skull, and she could barely stay up.
"All right, Mom. Please call me as soon as anything changes with Missy."
"Sweetie, you know that I will."
"Thanks, Mom." She ended the call and handed the phone back to Dean.
"Do you need anything else?"
"No, I'm fine." She rubbed her head and felt the last of the pain disappear but her body still felt so weak and tired. “I think that I’m going to lie down for a few more minutes.”
“Take as much time as you need. If it doesn’t bother you, I’ll keep the boat circling the lake.”
“No, it will actually make me feel better.” She was about to head to the bedroom when she stopped and turned back to him. "I never got a chance to finish telling you about Evan's car."
Dean grabbed the empty pan and put it I the sink. "I didn't want to ask until you felt better, but since you brought it up."
"Evan's car actually gave me a pretty good description of the guy. Medium height and build, short dark hair, and he said that he had a tattoo of a dragon on his left arm. Green with red glowing eyes and a forked tongue that wrapped around his arm."
"That alone will help us ID the guy quicker." He transferred the plates into the sink. "I'll call around and see what I can dig up.”
"That's going to go over very well—‘hey, watch out for this guy because a car told me.’"
"I have connections who can kind find out anything I need them to without asking questions.”
“Why do I get the feeling that this guy is going to show up in a body bag?”
He twisted towards her and crossed his arms. “My connections aren’t those kind of people, Anne. We’ll find this guy and we’ll make him tell us everything he knows so we can get to the bottom of this. I want to make sure that he spends the rest of his life rotting in jail.”
His cold tone made her realize that he was serious about finding this guy and making him pay for what he did to Missy, Evan, and everyone else involved in the accident.
She walked back to the bed in the bedroom. Instantly, she felt relief as her head hit the pillow and she drifted off.
*
After Dean washed and put away the dishes, he went up to the deck to think through the situation. He never met or heard of anyone like Anne even when he in the Marines. Most of those on his team were able to do things like see through the dark or have extra strength. Even his sister Jeri’s power paled in comparison to what Anne could do. She could be a dangerous force for the wrong type of people. A pit formed in his stomach. What if somehow Missy’s accident was tied to her somehow? He had to get to figure out what was going on before something happened to Anne.
He pulled out his cell phone and dialed a number he knew by heart.
"What's up, bro?" Keith answered after the second ring. Dean knew that he couldn’t protect Anne alone, and Keith would be able to help him track the guy who sabotaged her sister’s car.
They were like brothers, almost as close as Dean was with Eric. Keith would help him with anything.
When Keith came back from the service, he joined the police force and was
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