“Megan?” he asked. “Are you OK?”
“I…” she began.
They had let Deanna out of their sights for a split second too long. The girl was now wielding a pool cue and charging at them like a woman gone mad. She managed to get the jump on Ron and knock him down. Pure terror entered Meg’s eyes and a few drops of urine emptied into her (now unprotected) pants. There was nothing between her and Deanna now except for that pool cue…which would soon be used to beat her head. Megan watched Deanna grin victoriously…and go down hard.
Ron administered a slide tackle that’d have made Jeff Agos happy. Deanna tumbled to the ground and utter surprise and he was quickly upon her. He knocked the pool cue away, flipped her onto her stomach and sat on her while trying to keep her flailing limbs in place.