The side of her face I had struck was grossly swollen, but most of the bleeding had stopped as the leakage from her spilt cheek and bloody nose crusted and darkened. Once her leg was straight and her knee started to lift off the edge of the bed I squatted down, got her ankle on my shoulder and straightened up, lifting her whole leg as I leaned a bit over the bed. Xnx The last hit was closer to her neck and I felt a crunch in the impact as I thought her collar bone broke. Something in Rose’s shoulder tented the skin above her left breast before a narrow piece of raggedly broken collarbone tore out into sight and was hidden as she went over onto her front side. I gave Rose no mercy or delay as she held her broken wrist to her upper
