Chapter 12 - THE BAILOUT OF THE BEAST
The detective sat across from me,
offering me a hot cup of tea,
while he looked at my file,
your mother was here earlier,
he said with a heavy sigh,
she brought a professional bondsman,
she paid the ten percent fee,
your brother is being released,
he is out on bail right now,
I felt the blood go cold in veins,
my hands began to shake again,
how could they let him out,
I asked with rising panic,
he threatened to kill me earlier,
I showed him the text message,
the screenshot on my smartphone,
Detective Vance frowned deeply tonight,
his eyes turned very angry,
this is a violation of bail,
he said with absolute gravity,
the judge issued a protective order,
he is not allowed near you,
he is not allowed to contact you,
this message changes the situation,
I will issue a warrant immediately,
but it will take some time,
time to process through the system,
you need to find a shelter,
you cannot go back to that house,
I know I replied in a whisper,
I have nowhere else to go tonight,
the detective wrote down an address,
on a small piece of white paper,
this is a women's crisis center,
it is a secure secret location,
nobody can get inside without a key,
the staff will protect you there,
I took the paper from him,
holding it like a lifeline,
knowing that my own brother,
was walking the streets of Dayton,
looking for the sister who spoke,
May you like
looking to finish what he started,
in that dark narrow hallway.
