Ground-Shifting Realization
The moment hung heavy in the air, the officer’s words echoing in my mind. Everything I feared about him loomed horrifically real now.
“Emily,” Mike said, voice strained, “this can’t be happening.” My hands trembled as I tried to process it all; the truth was far more terrible than I’d ever allowed myself to imagine.
The ground beneath me seemed to shift, and our concerns for Sarah took on a dire new urgency.