CHAPTER 22 TORN BETWEEN FEELINGS

MARIE I could not register anything. I was still in shock. The gunshots and seeing my kidnapper die in front of me affected me more than I had thought. I knew I shouldn't have felt bad since he had kidnapped me and might have even killed or harmed me, but he was still human, and he died in front of me. I felt hands taking me to the car and voices surrounding me, but I could not register any words. They put me in the seat, and the car started moving, but I still felt numb. “Is she okay?” I heard a familiar voice ask someone. “I don’t know; she kept staring into space,” another familiar voice said beside me. I noticed it was the person who had been holding me from the start. “Let’s take her to the hospital,” the voice added again, and that was when I snapped out of it. I took a deep breath and replied before the other person could. “The police station,” I replied softly. “Marie, are you okay?” the voice beside me asked, and I looked up to see Charles with a worried expression. Tha