Valerie Hayes (![]() ![]() @ 2016-10-02 19:29:00 |
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No sooner had the message been sent over the network than Val broke into a run. Her shoes slapped against the pavement, as her heart pounded in her chest. A few people turned to watch the young woman running as if her life depended on it. Each step, each beat, punctuated by a single word Gray. He was alive and he was here, and Val needed to see him more than she needed breath in her lungs at this moment. Gray was dead. His partner had told her, given her Gray's badge. Instinctively, she reached for it, cool and solid in her pocket. Val didn't need to see it to see the image in her mind. Panting now, Val pushed the doubt from her mind and continued running. But she couldn't run forever, and unable to keep up her blistering pace, she staggered to a stop. Her breath was ragged as she scanned the crowd for Gray.