Danielle...Danielle," a voice whispered to her, a voice she trusted. A voice she knew. "Danielle, are you ok?"
"Bill," she whispered, her eyes blinked open and she tried to look at him. It was Bill. He sat down beside her and brushed her hair away from her forehead.
"What happened to you in there, sweetheart? You had all of us scared." He removed the wet cloth from her forehead and replaced it with a new one.
"I don't know," answered Danielle and she didn't. This was all new to her. She was a predator; not a member of the meat factory.
"Just lay here a while and rest some," suggested Bill in a troubled voice. "Officer Dillon wants to make sure you're ok before he goes."
He got up and walked toward the door; he never looked back.
Danielle didn't move. What had just happened? Why had she felt so suddenly betrayed? What...
"No officer..."
That was Bill's voice. She scooted closer to the sounds so that she could hear them better.
"I think she just has a problem with uniforms..." There was a slight pause in the conversation.
"Look," Bill sounded angry, "I did tell you to let her be! She has nothing at all to do with your murder case!"
'Murder case?' The word echoed in her mind and she sucked in her breath. When had feeding lead her victims to murder? Heck, she'd not even sucked him. Why would he be involved in a murder case?
She twisted around on the benches and tried to sit up. Something was very wrong and now wasn't a good time to find out about it. Her arm hurt, badly. She glanced down to look at it.
"Oh god," she whispered as her eyes opened wide, "what now?"
Both men shifted positions and glanced in at her. Quickly, she tossed the blanket Bill had put over her around her shoulders so that she could hide the exposed bluish arm.
"You ok, honey?" Bill asked as he peeked into the room.