QUESTIONS DANCE RELENTLESSLY BEHIND HER EYES , burning the flat of her tongue as lips are sewn shut , repressing sound along with budding confusion . who are these men ? and how does robin know them ? discreet voices in foreign language are carried along the hallway , reaching where they are hidden in what tammy can only describe as a broom closet . then , because she just can’t not ask , the barest of whispers . “ are they speaking —— russian ? ”
HER EYES BLINK CLOSED FOR A MOMENT, tries to focus on the words spoken for the few she knows, a hand coming in front of tammy before she’s thought of it. her heart comes beating as a hummingbird, fast and heavy, as if it could break free from her chest and present itself. she doesn’t want this here, doesn’t want someone else pulled into it. ❛ from the few words i know, yes. stay down, you don’t want to try their drugs. ❜ she’s hoping it’s just a patrol and they don’t know about the girls tucked up in the cupboard.