Chapter 12: Earthly Concerns
I left Barrett’s apartment in a daze. I don’t remember much about the drive home except that with each mile I felt like I was forgetting something. I kept looking in the rear view mirror expecting to see something following me. My arm ached and try as I might I couldn’t remember how I had gotten the scratches on my arm. My hands grabbed at my neck but there was nothing there. The crystal I always wore was gone. My head throbbed as if I had been hit in the back of the head. My mind grasped desperately at thoughts with about as much success as trying to hold smoke in your hands.
By the time I pulled into my driveway and parked, I felt completely blank.
I had been somewhere but couldn’t remember where. Had heard something but now there was only the everyday noi
