CHAPTER FOURTEEN
Keri awoke with a start.
It took a few seconds for her to get her bearings and remember where she was. Looking at the alarm clock beside Ray’s bed, she saw that it was 5:17 p.m. She’d been asleep for just over four hours.
She lay there for a few minutes, allowing her body and brain to recalibrate to consciousness. The pain was already starting to worm itself back into her bones and muscles, despite the warmth of the bed covers.
Her head ached and her stomach felt raw and empty. She realized she hadn’t eaten since Mags and Keith had left. And even then, it had only been chicken broth. She’d sipped little portions of the soup as they went over the plan one final time before Mags drove Keith back to the mall. It seemed so long ago.
Glancing at the mostly closed curtains,
