Nothing to Fear
Chapter One
Wight's Landing, Isle of Wight Bay, Maryland Wednesday, July 28,
2:00 A.M.
Ow. That hurt. It was his first blurry thought as fingers gripped
his shoulder and shook. Hard. That really hurt. Stop it.
The shaking continued, but he wouldn't open his eyes. It couldn't be
morning yet. He drew in a breath, smelled her perfume. It wasn't
fair. She'd promised him the whole week off. No lessons. No flash
cards. No stupid word games or speech therapy. Just fun in the sun.
Fishing, crabbing. Riding the waves. Video games all night. Sleeping
in as long as he wanted. Yet here she was, shaking him awake.
He knew she'd break her promise. They all did, sooner or later. He'd
just wait her out, just like he'd waited out all the other speech
therapists. Sooner or later, they'd leave. Cheryl had stuck around
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