R and RChapter 2
Marian White took another look at the wreck that had been Allison Hayes and shuddered, but the crazy soldier-type who had beaten Allison to a pulp was eyeing her expectantly. Allison had been utterly stupid about things, anyway — obviously these people could care less what she thought her social stature rated ... She smoothed back her streaked brown hair and stepped forward, her mouth quirked into a wry grimace; only an hour ago, she’d been complaining about how shiftless and lazy men were in...