[ WP ] Shatter me .

`` Trent, you need to leave. Now.'' 
 
 Trent gritted his teeth. `` I'm not going anywhere.'' 
 
 Mary shook her head. `` That's not an option. I'm not trying to sound dramatic here-'' 
 
 `` Could've fooled me.'' 
 
 ``... but if they find you here, they'll take you as well. Or worse.'' 
 
 Trent stopped. He was about to shoot another barb back to Mary. Who did she think she was anyway? This was n't her fight. The docks were still, and the moon was rising up ahead. The puddles on the ground bore witness to the rain storm that had swept through earlier. 
 
 *If I had just left home a bit earlier... * 
 
 `` Trent?'' 
 
 Mary's voice was more urgent now. 
 
 `` Trent, I can see movement now. No one else can be here when they arrive. Get. Out.'' 
 
 Trent sucked in a breath so deep it felt as if he might collapse on the spot. In his hands, he held the polka dot dress tightly. The white fabric and the red dots could n't hide the blood stains. He looked up and fixed Mary with a stare. 
 
 `` I waited three years for this. How do I know I can trust you now?'' 
 
 `` It was n't my fault. You were late... You knew the deal.'' She did n't care. How could she care in her line of work? 
 
 Trent took a few paces forward. His knees were just holding up. He drew in close to Mary, holding the dress between them. Their breaths formed small puffs of steam in the cold air. 
 
 `` If they've done anything more to her...'' 
 
 `` Stop it. Stop being the hero.'' Now she showed some emotion. `` Do n't you get it, you dick? *They* do n't care. You've got nothing. Get lost if you ever want a chance to see her again! Now go. And remember, I'm her only chance.'' 
 
 Trent clenched his fist. He wanted to lash out, to make her pay. She had *promised* it would be ok! After all these years! All that money... was it all a scam? *Who are these people, really? * He gritted his teeth again, turned hard on his heel, and ran into the shadow of a nearby container stack. As he entered the shadows, he heard the sound of an engine approaching. 
 
 They were back. And if they had seen him, his daughter was about to die.
