The next evening Jeff was at Shannon's house staring at the clock. Shannon
looked at his best friend and laughed.
"Chill dude. It's only 5:30. Give her at least two more hours."
"I can't Shan," he explained. "What if her da…foster dad hurt her? You told me every night at 6:00 he comes home and always hurts her. If she comes before six I'll know she's fine."
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"Jeff, if you keep walking back and forth you're going to wear a hole in my floor."
"It's 7:30 and she's still not here. Something happened and I know it." He exclaimed. "Do you think I should go over and check on her?"
Shannon looked at Jeff and said, "Unless you want her to get the shit beaten out of her I think you should stay here." It sounded more like a statement than an opinion.
"Relax man. She'll be here. Just give her time."
"But it's pouring outside and it's thundering. What if she ran to get away from that creep?"
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"It's eleven and she's not here. You said she'd come." Jeff said with comcern in his voice.
"I know man but I really th…" Just then a knock at the door interrupted Shannon. Jeff ran to the door hoping it was Taylor and sure enough it was.
She was dressed in jeans and a sweater, soak and wet, and hair falling down her face. She quickly wrapped her arms around Jeff and started to cry.
Shannon quickly stepped by the door after hearing a cry. He closed the front door and started walking towards the living room to leave the two alone.
"Shan?"
He stopped and turned around. "Yeah?"
"Can you get me a shirt, a towel, and maybe even a blanket?"
Shannon smiled and replied. "Sure."
"Chill dude. It's only 5:30. Give her at least two more hours."
"I can't Shan," he explained. "What if her da…foster dad hurt her? You told me every night at 6:00 he comes home and always hurts her. If she comes before six I'll know she's fine."
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"Jeff, if you keep walking back and forth you're going to wear a hole in my floor."
"It's 7:30 and she's still not here. Something happened and I know it." He exclaimed. "Do you think I should go over and check on her?"
Shannon looked at Jeff and said, "Unless you want her to get the shit beaten out of her I think you should stay here." It sounded more like a statement than an opinion.
"Relax man. She'll be here. Just give her time."
"But it's pouring outside and it's thundering. What if she ran to get away from that creep?"
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"It's eleven and she's not here. You said she'd come." Jeff said with comcern in his voice.
"I know man but I really th…" Just then a knock at the door interrupted Shannon. Jeff ran to the door hoping it was Taylor and sure enough it was.
She was dressed in jeans and a sweater, soak and wet, and hair falling down her face. She quickly wrapped her arms around Jeff and started to cry.
Shannon quickly stepped by the door after hearing a cry. He closed the front door and started walking towards the living room to leave the two alone.
"Shan?"
He stopped and turned around. "Yeah?"
"Can you get me a shirt, a towel, and maybe even a blanket?"
Shannon smiled and replied. "Sure."