CHAPTER NINETEEN-THE REST OF IT

"Oh, honey, come here." 

Tessa held the door open for the golden brown wolf, then shut it behind her. She waited with a blanet and as soon as Gretchen shifted back, Tessa wrapped it around her and rubbed her hands up and down Gretchen's arms.

Gretchen shivered as her fear and anger overwhelmed her. Her teeth chattered and Tessa pulled her in close to her chest. "Tessa, I saw it, I saw everything they did to me. Tessa, I know who it was, I saw him."

Tessa put her hand on the back of Gretchen's head and whispered in her ear. "It's ok, honey. That world is behind us. All that is over. You're safe here, Gretchen."

Gretchen pulled away and looked in Tessa's face. "My parents found me, Tess. Mommy and Daddy found me laying there like that."

As her eyes filled with tears and she tried to swallow them down, Tessa blinked away. "Oh, Jesus. Teddy. Oh, that poor man."