Why had he tortured himself by deciding to be a cop?
She glanced up at his tortured face and had to smile.
His tortured gaze came back to her, imploring her to help.
Her tortured thoughts went to the thousands of men, killed by the only family she'd known, whose souls were trapped for eternity beneath the ground.
For a moment he continued to stare at her, and then a smile slowly worked its way across the tortured features.
