"Makes ya feel pretty helpless, don't it?" Sawyer said. He didn't look directly at her as he spoke, as if he were attempting to prevent her from feeling on the spot. Yet, his tone still carried a definite edge to it.

"One minute everything's peachy keen. You're life can't get any better...and then the next, some @$$hole's turned all that upside down. Ripped it to pieces. And you can't even begin to figure out where all the pieces landed, much less work out how the hell they're all supposed to fit together."