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cover back on. “Na-Lisa.” He whispered quietly.  “Who did this to you?”
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    Na-Lisa woke with a start. The last thing she remembered, she was reading her bible. She started to stretch but winced as she felt the sting in her back. She opened her eyes and looked straight into the clear blue sky. She was confused. Was it daylight? Even the sky wasn’t that blue. Was she dead? Was this how bright heaven was? She then realized she had seen that color blue before. Williams eyes. William was here. She suddenly remembered her face and reached to cover her head. He stilled her hand and looked right into her eyes and asked. “Na-Lisa. Who did this?” At his words she burst out crying. She could not stop the tears though she tried. She did not want to cry in front of him. “Damnation.”  She heard him swear before he reached to gather her into his arms. She cried out as his hand put pressure on her back.
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    Na-Lisa looked up into his eyes for a moment and then her face crumbled. She burst into tears. He couldn’t get over her face a how severely she had been beaten. He wanted to scream and kill whoever had done this to her. He cursed under his breath and reached over to gather her into his arms. As soon as his hands touched her back he felt her flinch and right before she cried out in pain. “Na-Lisa.”  He said as he pulled away from her to look at her. “What is it? Where else are you hurt?” He asked worried because of the glimpse of pain he saw in her eyes before she hid them from him again.
    “ Nothing. It’s nothing.” She said  “You just startled me.” He did not believe her.
    “ Na-Lisa”  He said as he took her chin in his hand and made her look at him. “Tell me what’s wrong. Let me see your back” She shook her head. “Na-Lisa you know I would not hurt you. I need to see what’s wrong.” He told her soothingly. “Please.” He asked  “I will worry if I don’t see.” She looked into his eyes for moments as if she was trying to tell whether he was being truthful or not. She nodded silently and stood up. He noticed that she carried the sheet from her bed up with her and had it wrapped around her. She turned with her back to him and he saw why when she let the sheet fall away. She had on a white completely shear robe.
    He could see very inch of the back of her. Especially the large numerous bruises spreading the entire length of her back. He had to slow his breath. She must be in so much pain. He walked over to her and reached on the floor to retrieve the sheet. The whole time she stood ram rod straight and looked at the floor. He picked the sheet up and held his arms over her shoulders so that he could cover the front of her without having to walk around the front of her. He leaned in and spoke softly in her ear over her right shoulder. “I need you to take off the robe Darling.” Before she could protest he continued. “I just want to see your back better Na-Lisa. I promise not to harm you or be inappropriate in any way.” He finished. She looked at him over her shoulder. “I promise. Darlin. You can trust me.” He told her.
    She nodded her head just slightly and then turned back around to stare at the floor before she reached around to undo the one button that held the non-existent article of clothing closed. As she opened the front of the gown to slip it from her shoulders William got a glimpse of the top of one of her small pert breasts. He had to close his eyes for a moment in order to gather his thoughts. He opened his eyes and wrapped the sheet around the front of her as the robe was coming off the back of her. He told her to lift her arm and he wrapped the sheet under her arms and around the back of her. She was now covered from above her breasts to the floor and he could think more clearly. He still needed to look at the bruises on her back and make sure nothing was broken. He walked around to the front of her. “Can you walk?” He asked her. She nodded. He walked