Keeping Time

Crash

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Raymond had spent most of his night worrying about Kris, he had seen the fear in her eyes as she looked back at him with a hidden desperation.

Raymond sighed as he stared at the ceiling.

When I can trust you. She had said, Leon thought she could trust him. Why couldn't she?

He stood up out of bed and rubbed his face in his hands.

He couldn't wait any longer he had to get Emerson.

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Raymond rolled up to her door clearing his throat briefly, he hadn't picked her up for work yet this was a strange situation.

He waited in his car for a few minutes hesitating with his hand on the door handle, then sat back in his seat and frowned. He was wasting time acting like an idiot, she's his assistant after all, she should be ready to go with him on a whim.

Making up his mind he jumped from his car and headed to her door, walking up the stone walkway then stood on the off white marble porch before ringing the doorbell.

He waited patiently hands folded behind his back a few moments later ringing the door bell again.

The door swung open and there stood Kris in a pair of pyjama bottoms and a black t-shirt, she wiped her eyes tiredly before looking up, she stiffened all over.

Raymond was at her house, looking in her door, seeing her in her pyjamas.

Raymond blinked down at her before speaking.

"We have a lead on Salas." He informed coolly, she nodded swiftly stepping to the side to hide half her body behind the door, her black eye had turned from dark blue to a yellow tented bruise, still sensitive to the touch but not as noticeable.

Her exposed forearm however looked like blue finger marks were imprinted just below her elbow, Raymond flicked his eyes over it before frowning heavily, but granted her the privacy by not asking.

Kris shifted bending her arm behind her back out of his sight.

"I'll get dressed, would you like to come in?" She asked awkwardly glancing behind herself before looking back at Raymond, he shook his head though the curiosity was burning within to see whom she lived with that could be hurting her.

"I'll wait in the car." He replied taking a few steps backwards before turning around.

"And be quick about it!" He called back over his shoulder, Kris sighed and closed the door behind her running up the stairs to her room.

She should hurry, one thing she knew about Leon, he is not a patient person.

She was ready in 5 minutes, Raymond was sitting in the car drumming his fingers impatiently when she emerged and in a jog came to the passengers side, Leon glanced up at her and shifted in his seat as she sat down.

"Sorry." She quipped an apology for making him wait as she snapped on her seat belt, Leon didn't reply and sped off onto the street.

"How much time do you have?" He asked trying his best to ignore the gnawing curiosity of her abuser. Did she have a boyfriend? No a husband perhaps, she didn't wear a ring though and everyone called her miss. Not misses. Raymond shook his head at himself. He knew there had been good reason for his concern all night.

"3 hours." She replied pulling her sleeve back down biting back a hiss at the pain in her arm.

Raymond frowned angrily and set his attention on the road ahead of him, Kris turning to look out of the window timidly.