I refused to think about it, not right then anyway. I couldn't handle any more. At the thought of more anything, tears pricked my eyes. I swallowed them back and turned.

"Oh, God," I yelped.

Darby stood just behind me. "What are you doing?"

"Can you tell me when you're standing right behind me?" I clutched at my chest to keep my heart from falling out. "Geez."

She squinted, blind without her glasses now that they dangled from her fingertips. The blood ...