Chapter 47

The room was oddly silent as the strange men brought in two chairs from outside the room and sitting on them staring at us. Stacy gave them a suspicious look before turning her attention back to us.

“Okay, so. You are refusing to take an x-ray, at least allow me to give you something for the pain and maybe a new sling?”

Bella smiled as I felt reassured at her kindness, she nodded and Stacy returned my smile.

After Bella was taken care of Stacy focused on me.

“Okay, so I know that you probably don’t have any physical wounds but we do have a psychologist on staff to talk to… about… what happened at home.” She spoke carefully, her eyes darting to the men as she spoke.

I felt a little better knowing that Stacy seemed to not trust these men, from child protective services. Something about them just seemed off, I wasn’t sure if it was due to the red-haired man’s staring or the other’s strange uncaring attitude.