by Dawn Mattox
I gave Taylor an encouraging smile and nod as she continued to rock herself, back and forth. Taylor paused and cocked her head as if listening to a voice that only she could hear. “Uh-huh,” she acquiesced.
Taylor unfolded like a time-lapse camera that had captured the unfurling of a blossoming bud. Or perhaps more accurately, like a frame-by-frame slow-mo of the scene in the classic horror movie The Exorcist, when twelve-year-old Regan’s head spun around backward. Slowly, with feet reaching for the floor and arms unwrapping from her torso, Taylor grasped the arms of the chair and pulled herself upright. Her chin came up, and her eyes popped wide open with a look as sharp as an ax. The transfiguration was mesmerizing, paralyzing. But even more astonishing, was the deep, throaty, authoritative voice that boomed forth with startling clarity.
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Only the dynamics of Domestic Violence, the tireless work of advocates and law enforcement, the setting in northern California, and identity of the dogs are true.
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