Page 125 of The Valiant Knight
Yeah, she’d nailed that.
“Can you be sure, Doctor?” she asked.
Tony nodded.
“Let me show you,” he said, standing up. As for the other two men, he might as well show them too. “It’s show-and-tell time!”
The men looked over when he said that.
“What exactly does that mean?” Graham asked, completely confused.
Tony offered no explanation.
“Just watch,” he stated.
Looking around, he found a branch that was thick enough to match the wounds that had been inflicted on Ceit’s face.
Then, he set the scene.
“So, she’s standing in the tower,” he said, as the two men watched him. “She is watching out the window.”
Graham clued him in.
“Gryphen and Ian found a note that said she used to stand up there and watch for Duncan to return. Maybe she was waiting for him.”
That could be too.
Tony pointed at Gabby.
“She’s going to play Ceit.”
So far, they were good and were following his train of thought.
Gabby stood there as Tony began walking them through his show-and-tell.
“Okay, so the lady of the castle is standing there, and she’s caught off guard by something behind her. She turns, andBAM! She takes a hit to the face.”
He swung the branch, and while he was going to pull it, Finn was right there, catching it with his hand.
“NO, Doctor,” he said testily.
At the look on the cop’s face, Tony laughed.
“I wasn’t going to hit Gabs. She’s my lab bestie. Just watch.”
He repositioned and swung again. Gabby stopped it with her hand, right in front of her face where the trauma was to the skull.
Then, she backed up a few steps, and fell backward, landing on her back.
“She took a shot to her face, and fellOUTthe window,” he said. “That explains the dual trauma on her bones. She wasn’t committing suicide. She was murdered.”
The second he said it, the woods came alive, and that’s when they heard it.
Someone began crying.
And now they knew why Ceit wasn’t resting peacefully. Her story wasn’t done. Someone had stolen her life.
Finn pulled Gabby up, and placed her beside him. His arm was protectively over her shoulders as he kept her locked to his side.
