His eyes were still closed, his breathing shallow and his body completely still, when he suddenly reached out and used two fingers to close my lids.
“It’s going to be okay,” he whispered so quietly that, had he not been mere inches away, I wouldn’t have heard him.
And for the first time since I’d seen my father collapse, I felt a spark of hope that maybe it would be okay.
Flattening my palm against the cool tile, I slid my hand over until I found the tips of his fingers. The footsteps were getting closer, but that boy didn’t delay in moving his index finger to rest on top of mine.
It was such a small gesture, but it brought tears to my eyes.
For a terrified little girl, playing dead to hide from a madman, it was sweetest thing he could have done.
With nothing more than the pad of his finger resting on mine, I wasn’t alone anymore.
I didn’t know who he was or where he’d come from, but I knew without a shadow of a doubt that when he said go, I was going with him.
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Other Books by Aly Martinez
The Retrieval Duet
Retrieval
Transfer
Guardian Protection Agency
Singe
Thrive
The Fall Up Series
The Fall Up
The Spiral Down
The Darkest Sunrise Series
The Darkest Sunrise
The Brightest Sunset
Across the Horizon
The Truth Duet
The Truth About Lies
The Regret Duet
Written with Regret
Written with You
The Wrecked and Ruined Series
Changing Course
Stolen Course
Among the Echoes
Broken Course
On the Ropes
Fighting Silence
Fighting Shadows
Fighting Solitude
Originally from Savannah, Georgia, USA Today bestselling author Aly Martinez now lives in South Carolina with her husband and four young children.
Never one to take herself too seriously, she enjoys cheap wine, mystery leggings, and baked feta. It should be known, however, that she hates pizza and ice cream, almost as much as writing her bio in the third person.
She passes what little free time she has reading anything and everything she can get her hands on, preferably with a super-sized tumbler of wine by her side.
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