A Choice of Crimes

***COURTESY OF TWOBEARS BOOKS*** Gloria Carson was a pretty girl even with a black eye and a swollen jaw. She was flat in the hospital bed with the sheet drawn up tight, and she looked pale and sorry for herself. At the sight of the badges she looked frightened. - "We'd just like to hear what you can tell us about this, Miss Carson. Who did this to you?" - "I d-don't know," she s... more »aid in a thin voice. "It was a strange man,I never saw him before. Well, I didn't see him at all because it was dark. It was the middle of the night. I was in bed, and I don't know how he got in, I suppose he jimmied the door or something I woke up, I guess I heard a noise, and he was there a burglar. A burglar. And I was too scared to scream, but I made a noise and he and he kept hitting me and I guess I passed out. When I came to he was gone but I was hurting so bad I couldn't move I don't know any more to tell you, that's all." She turned her face away and shut her eyes.