Rise Of A Phoenix: Rise Of A Phoenix - Plot & Excerpts
she greeted him, but her words fell flat when she saw the expression on his face.“Morning,” he replied, the thought of the bruised boy still uppermost in his thoughts.“What’s up?” she said, appearing to be actually concerned.“Yesterday I got my shoes shined by this brilliant young lad—we spoke for ages about this and that. He had so much life, it was refreshing.”McCall was now waiting for the punch line.“This morning he looked like he had gone twelve rounds with Tyson.”“Did he say anything about it?” she asked, now feeling actual concern.“No, he said he fell down the stairs, but it’s so frustrating when I know he’s covering up for someone.” Steel looked as he could hardly contain his anger.McCall tried to reason with him: “You know, unless he, or someone else, says something we can’t do anything.”He knew she was right, but what could he do?“Look, do you want me to call child services?” she asked, picking up her phone.He gave her a puppy-dog look and put his hand on top of hers, and she put down the receiver.“I get the feeling that if we did that, things would get worse.”She knew he felt the situation was bigger than either of them could know, and she felt he was powerless to stop the inevitable, whatever it was.“Coffee?”
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