didn’t go unnoticed either. Brianna was determined not to be intimidated by him, someone she didn’t even know in the first place. Besides she’d never be free if she didn’t grow a backbone. She squared her shoulders wishing she were warmer so that she could stop shivering. “Well Officer I’ve said thanks for all your help and everything, if that’s all, now you can be on your way”.
He leaned forward as deliberately and slow as he could so as not to startle her, he could barely contain his aggravation, and he wanted to be sure she took what he was about to tell her seriously . “No ma’am that’s not all, that man I arrested today, your ex-husband, yeah I booked him on charges which consisted of driving with a suspended silence, operating a vehicle without proper registration, and a charge of carrying a loaded gun without a permit, seeing as how he has been convicted of domestic battery, bumped that last one up to a felony.”
Brianna tilted her head and asked incredulously “So what are you saying, what , that he had a gun ?” Ryker nodded his head in the affirmative, he began lecturing again, and was crushing out his cigarette when he heard the thump that meant she had fainted, not even four feet away. He cursed under his breath and gently lifted her off the cold ground.
When Ryker carried her inside the apartment, Chelsea stood unmoving in the hallway, and Brody was asleep on the living room floor. “Did you hurt my momma , Mr. Officer Danner?” Chelsea was sucking her two first fingers like she’d done when she was a baby, and stood still, watching Ryker holding Brianna in the living room. “No baby, your momma just got too cold outside and fainted, he looked around for a place to lay her, but aside from the TV on the coffee table there was no other furniture anywhere as far as he could tell.
Chelsea believed him and showed him to Brianna’s room. Ryker was glad to see that she had a comfortable place to rest, and he slowly lowered her onto the bed. He regretted having to let her go just as he regretted having to put her in such a state in the first place.
He felt like a clumsy brute amongst all her dainty things. In the bathroom he found a purple washcloth ran cool water over it and hustled back to her room, almost knocking the pictures of the wall in the hallway, in his hurry to get back to her.
Brianna murmured at first when she was coming to, but was too disoriented. Then seeing him in her bedroom, had freaked her out at first. She jumped up and in her haste to get away from him she fell off the side of the bed.
She scurried backwards li ke a crab in the sand until backed into the corner of the wall, and covered her face with her hands. She broke down into heaving sobs because she was embarrassed by the way she’d reacted to him, and could not stop crying.
Chelsea stood in the door way with her fingers still in her mouth, wide eyed looking from one to the other , she started to cry as well and before he could make heads or tails out of the thing, he had two hysterical females to tend to.
He went to Chelsea , picking her up he sang what he could remember from his boyhood infatuation with the Little Mermaid, He tucked her in and assured her that he was going to take good care of her momma.
After do uble checking that she was really asleep, he went to check on Brianna, and said a silent prayer that he’d given her plenty of time to recover, so that he could make his exit, and not upset her any further.
He knocked softly on the wall before entering. When he got back in the room he wasn’t surprised to see that she was still in the corner, sound asleep. He worried that she might have hit her head too hard when she backed up into the wall.
Ryker shook her shoulder, he felt awful having been the one to cause those tear stained cheeks, he was half way tempted to cover her with a blanket and go on home, but he wanted to see her pretty eyes and apologize before he
He leaned forward as deliberately and slow as he could so as not to startle her, he could barely contain his aggravation, and he wanted to be sure she took what he was about to tell her seriously . “No ma’am that’s not all, that man I arrested today, your ex-husband, yeah I booked him on charges which consisted of driving with a suspended silence, operating a vehicle without proper registration, and a charge of carrying a loaded gun without a permit, seeing as how he has been convicted of domestic battery, bumped that last one up to a felony.”
Brianna tilted her head and asked incredulously “So what are you saying, what , that he had a gun ?” Ryker nodded his head in the affirmative, he began lecturing again, and was crushing out his cigarette when he heard the thump that meant she had fainted, not even four feet away. He cursed under his breath and gently lifted her off the cold ground.
When Ryker carried her inside the apartment, Chelsea stood unmoving in the hallway, and Brody was asleep on the living room floor. “Did you hurt my momma , Mr. Officer Danner?” Chelsea was sucking her two first fingers like she’d done when she was a baby, and stood still, watching Ryker holding Brianna in the living room. “No baby, your momma just got too cold outside and fainted, he looked around for a place to lay her, but aside from the TV on the coffee table there was no other furniture anywhere as far as he could tell.
Chelsea believed him and showed him to Brianna’s room. Ryker was glad to see that she had a comfortable place to rest, and he slowly lowered her onto the bed. He regretted having to let her go just as he regretted having to put her in such a state in the first place.
He felt like a clumsy brute amongst all her dainty things. In the bathroom he found a purple washcloth ran cool water over it and hustled back to her room, almost knocking the pictures of the wall in the hallway, in his hurry to get back to her.
Brianna murmured at first when she was coming to, but was too disoriented. Then seeing him in her bedroom, had freaked her out at first. She jumped up and in her haste to get away from him she fell off the side of the bed.
She scurried backwards li ke a crab in the sand until backed into the corner of the wall, and covered her face with her hands. She broke down into heaving sobs because she was embarrassed by the way she’d reacted to him, and could not stop crying.
Chelsea stood in the door way with her fingers still in her mouth, wide eyed looking from one to the other , she started to cry as well and before he could make heads or tails out of the thing, he had two hysterical females to tend to.
He went to Chelsea , picking her up he sang what he could remember from his boyhood infatuation with the Little Mermaid, He tucked her in and assured her that he was going to take good care of her momma.
After do uble checking that she was really asleep, he went to check on Brianna, and said a silent prayer that he’d given her plenty of time to recover, so that he could make his exit, and not upset her any further.
He knocked softly on the wall before entering. When he got back in the room he wasn’t surprised to see that she was still in the corner, sound asleep. He worried that she might have hit her head too hard when she backed up into the wall.
Ryker shook her shoulder, he felt awful having been the one to cause those tear stained cheeks, he was half way tempted to cover her with a blanket and go on home, but he wanted to see her pretty eyes and apologize before he
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