Chapter 36

"It was just an accident. I tripped and ran straight into the door frame." Rene Forbes gave a nervous laugh. "I'm such a klutz."

Miranda looked down at the hand-shaped bruise darkening Rene's wrist. "And when did the door grow fingers?"

Had she not been holding the hand and wrist to examine it, Miranda had no doubt that Rene would've tugged her sleeve down to cover the injury. As it was, she dropped her gaze to somewhere around Miranda's left shoulder.

"Rene." She kept her voice gentle. "You didn't fall into a door. You didn't step in a hole last time or have a box fall off the top shelf onto your head the time before that. Let me help you."

"I just need to know if my wrist is sprained or broken."

Miranda resisted the urge to grind her teeth. "All right. I'll get Keisha to take you back for an x-ray."