"Joan Girardi's?" Charity asked as she and Adam walked over to her house. Before they had left they had tried to stop the bleeding in her mouth and it finally stopped.
"That's the only safe place I could think of," he replied. "Her dad's the chief of police."
"What?"
He nodded. "Will Girardi," he said.
She rubbed her face. "Of course, it'll be safe," she replied.
Adam nodded. "I know," he said. He reached over and grabbed her hand and gave it a gentle, friendly squeeze and she smiled.