An intimate moment

Cammie is sat in the living room on the sofa where she can see out of the kitchen window and watch the helicopter take flight.

After giving her statement to the Sheriff all she can do is replay the last moments from when she and Callie got separated. The moment when Callie stopped running and begged for us to take a break. How our legs ached and how our feet bled from the rough terrain we were running over, and how the blood on our feet made it slick and slippery which made it even harder to run. How she can still hear the terror in Callie’s voice and their heavy breathing as they try to catch their breath. Callie’s face in the light of the moon shone and how her face was stricken with fear. All Cammie can think of is, if Callie is dead, how awful and scary her final moments must have been, “dear Lord, please let her be alive and safe, please Lord, let her be alive and safe.”

As Cammie is praying out loud, Robin comes in from outside, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb your pra