Mina could not explain it, but all the strength in her limbs seemed to have faded away. She allowed James to lead her up to her apartment in the way a young man would aid his elderly mother. Typically, she disliked physical contact with males, but James was a lot like Paul, and Mina trusted him.
As soon as Mina's apartment door opened, Emma rushed her, but the attention she received from the woman was short-lived when she noticed the bruises on James' face.
"What happened to you? Did someone attack you? What is going on? Olivia didn't explain anything to me." Emma who was usually soft spoken and shy, was speaking at a normal volume, although both Mina and James knew she thought she was shouting.
