Tony folded his umbrella as he stepped inside, just in time to see Faith crumpled at the bottom of the stairs.
"Faith!"
He threw the umbrella aside and rushed to her, scooping her up.
Faith leaned into his chest and pointed at her elbow. A tiny patch of skin had been scraped raw.
"It hurts, babe. But Flora didn't mean it. I just lost my footing, that's all."
Tony's head snapped up. His eyes were bloodshot, fixed on me with pure fury.
He set Faith down, took the stairs two at a time, and seized a fistful of my hair.
A tearing pain ripped across my scalp.
He dragged me downstairs.
My stomach slammed into the banister, and a violent, wrenching cramp exploded through my abdomen.
"Tony... let go..."
I clutched my belly. Something warm slid down my inner thigh.
Tony didn't hear me. He dragged me through the living room and hurled me out the front door.
I hit the flooded courtyard hard.
Wind and rain hammered into me, soaking through to my skin in an instant.
I knelt in the water, arms wrapped around my stomach as the pain grew worse and worse. Blood seeped into the rain pooling on the ground, spreading in pale red ribbons around my knees.