CHAPTER 10

- Bill! Ned left this telegram here in the cafe and said it was urgent, says Clara.

- Thanks; And he quickly left for his room.

BILL -URGENT

POLICE OFFICER PHILIP JHON, GREAT POLICE OFFICER, IMPECCABLE FIXED, GRANDSON AND GREAT-GRANDSON OF A MILITARY, TRADITIONAL FAMILY, WENT TO NORTHERN TERRITORY SQUAD 14 LOST ALL HIS MEMORY, RETURNED TO NORMAL ACTIVITIES DUE TO INTEGRITY AND AFTER MEDICAL RELEASE, REASON UNKNOWN FOR LACK OF MEMORY ,HE WAS RESCUED WITH A TEAM IN THE NORTHERN TERRITORY AFTER CAPTIVENESS AND TORTURE FOR

Bill was surprised and decided to look for more information. It was going crazy, but he saw his reaction at school, the way he talked to Elizabeth and how she reacted and now he was in jail like a madman.

- My God, I must be going crazy, but I saw it in church. Of course I was also mad with hate from those men, but the reaction of this policeman. Guys, I saw Jack there at the time, talking to himself out loud, trying to put his thoughts in place.

Abgail, upon arriving at the door of the infirmary, was stopped by the policeman who had a crazy look on his face, pale and very angry, but his look was different and he spoke without breathing:

- Go in there, talk to your friends, do anything, but give me news about the teacher and the baby I tried, I ran as much as I could when I saw the movement from the top of the hill, I tried, but I failed to protect- there, he walked from one side to the other.

- Calm calm. She's stronger than you think, you did your best, and she knows it and so do we, so don't blame yourself for the cruelties done by other people, and left after saying that.

It was when the diligence arrived at the door of the police station, shortly after Bill came bringing the two prisoners, as soon as they left the inside, Bill only noticed the great uproar and men on the ground, Philip was on top of one of the prisoners and gave several punches on it, so Bill ran and separated taking the officer into the police station.

- Are you crazy man?

- Of course I am… I'm full of rage, how dare they do that to her, they were going to rape a pregnant woman?

Bill closed his eyes remembering the image of Elizabeth on the floor with her legs apart and that monster trying to take her clothes, his eyes sparked with anger when he said:

I know it's hard, but calm down, we're going to make them rot in cold chain for the rest of their lives. You losing your mind like that just gives them an alibi to try to get free, so we have to keep them locked up for the rest of their lives so they never do that to anyone else than Elizabeth would want us to do that.

- But Bill, you saw her face, they beat her, threw her on the floor without worrying about the baby, her neck and arms are full of bruises, when I saw her on the floor with that man on top of her, and she struggling and crying, a hatred came so great inside me that I just wanted to kill that bandit, Philip shouted.

- Sit here, son, and take it easy, I'll tell you something just to show you that she is much stronger and will overcome this. This girl, when I met her, was just the teacher, so I saw that she and Jack had feelings, but they were reluctant, I think because of their lack of experience. But there was a time when Jack, shortly after arriving here, called to see what he could find under the mine collapse, six months after the incident. At that time there was also a fire in the church, they found a can of whale oil in the place, it was a can that implicated and threw the mother and widow of a miner in jail, while Jack went to another city to verify the alibi of the widow, Elizabeth for middle of a student, and the widow's daughter because Elizabeth went to her house to take care of her three children, in talking with the children Elizabeth found out that Spurlok was trying to flirt with that widow, so she went to his house alone in the forest to return the jewel the children found, it was a jewel he tried to give the widow asking intimate favors in return, but she threw it away not accepting time, the, well she found out that Spurlok who set the church on fire, and faced him, he was on her and when she was about to shoot, Jack arrived on his horse and saved her. According to Jack, another woman would be hysterical about the situation, but she came back and taught the same day, so don't be alarmed if she does something strange.

Bill and Philip went to the infirmary to see and hear from Elizabeth. They found Carson and Abgail pacing back and forth, cursing and cursing and laughing at the same time. They asked what was going on when Abgail explained:

- Bill, she left, we couldn't hold her.

- Did Abgail go where she was in shock hours ago? We have to go get her, Bill said.

- Bill, come on, I'll show you where she is.

And everyone followed Abgail, Philip and Bill without understanding well they were looking at each other, along came Rose and Lee who were aware of what happened. Arriving at school, they saw her sitting on the table swinging her legs, it was a beautiful sight, she had a breathtaking smile.

He had marks on his face, arm, neck, a small cut on the top of his mouth and a bandage on his forehead. When I changed the view, I saw all the students sitting on the floor and they were laughing at the story she was telling. My God in heaven, that woman was not normal, thought Philip.

Rose asked Abgail why she had come to school, she needed to rest. But Abgail was saying:

- I know and you know it. But she said she wouldn't let her students be afraid to come to school because of these monsters. She put her hand on her hip, made that angry teacher face and said that no one will scare my children.

Bill was saying this is my Elizabeth and laughed out loud.

Philip smiled with the corner of his mouth, looking surprised, but due to the big beard, no one noticed that smile. The story was being told and the children were laughing, she was making hand gestures and making voices for each of the animals and characters in the story, there wasn't a child or an adult there who wasn't transfixed and totally paying attention to her. But Philip couldn't help noticing, that her face now had a large bruise on the side, which would turn purple to black overnight, even though she smiled, for the children several times I noticed that she tried to hide the pain. Lee and Rose decided that they would stay at school until the end of class, so they would help her get home, or rather, they would try to take her to Abgail's, at least for that night. Bill went to do some paperwork, because even though he helped with city security he was still the judge and had a lot of paperwork to take care of. Philip went on his rounds, but his head still seethed with rage at the thought of Elizabeth's image on the floor. Besides, now that he didn't have her under his eyes, he felt like something was missing, something out of place, it was like nothing made sense.