CARL

"So, how's it going to be?"

"U-uh?"

I turned to Alice, who was still looking pale and shaken. "Do you have anywhere to go? Are you going to start talking? I don't know what that bastard put you through but...I doubt you want to go back to him."

Her lips parted slightly, but not a single word slipped out of it. This child was traumatized and I hoped I'd made the right decision by helping her. I wanted to ask for her mother but I knew that it wasn't the right time.

I had to ...