You have to understand, I didn't know I was going to strike him until
I'd already struck him.
“Mary!” Edward exclaimed, “What the blazes?”
I was too shocked by what I'd just done to answer. I just stood
there, looking from rolling pin to Oak's body sprawled across the
floor and back again. I didn't understand what I'd just done, so I
kept looking from one to the other in bafflement.
He
groaned, which brought my senses back to life.
“Go
and get the washing line,” I said to my husband.
“What?”
he asked. “Have you lost your senses?”
“Don't
argue with me,” I commanded, “Just go and get it. We have to tie
him up.”
