Clean Panties, Dirty Soul
Mist Songjake bit by spiderwhen i found her in the dirt, i swore they'd all paydashing through the snow in a pair of broken skisi'd apologize for bleeding on your shirt
She lived, but she would never smile at me again or call me "Mama Willow"
Outside the ICU, Nancy's birth mother—Jack's ex-wife—had flown in from abroad. When she saw her daughter lying in a hospital bed, tubes running everywhere, she didn't cry.
She walked silently up to Jack and slapped him three times across the face. She struck him with full force, and his cheeks reddened and swelled almost immediately.
Jack, the once untouchable rescue captain, stood there like a berated student—head down, motionless, taking in all her retaliations without resistance.