Just 11 minutes after I returned from the hospital with a shattered femur, my mother-in-law kicked my crutches away. Ignoring my agonized screams, she and my husband dragged me into a pitch-black garage.

watched with open satisfaction, enjoying every gasp of pain.

The garage door lifted.

A blast of cold air rolled out carrying the smells of oil, dust, damp cardboard, and cold concrete.

They dropped me onto the floor like discarded furniture.

“My medication,” I rasped, my throat burning where Caleb had squeezed it. “My phone. Please.”

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