[Warning: Violent images of physical and sexual abuse.]
"Because he had her gagged and she was choking!" she screamed as if it was the most natural thing to say. In the world of crime, the questions asked were normal, procedure even, but for a victim or bystander, even if they were part of the world of crime, these questions would seem blasphemous to them. Here, neither Anthony nor I was the victim.
From somewhere behind us, we heard a breathy voice whispering. "She was badly bruised and half-dead when I found her, and she was still tied to the bed. I don't think she'd eaten in days, probably was dehydrated." And that was what had made him snap. The look on his face said it all. The condition that the girl was in was very similar to what he had been through and being a victim himself, it would be natural for him to tell us that what Cienna had assumed was true.
