CHAPTER 20
When the daylight finally and mercifully arrived at his window, his mind emerged from its deep slumber. All was quiet in the house and he quickly and quietly got dressed and exited out the front door, ensuring no one heard it open, nor close.
The cool moist air outside froze him to his core. It must have been fifty degrees out – more like a Wisconsin morning in late fall than a Chicago summer morning. The grey clouds above greeted him hungrily, almost threateningly, ready to pour over him at any second. He hadn’t put on a jacket, nor a sweater as he didn’t anticipate the coolness, but he continued walking as fast as he could rubbing his hands across his arms trying to generate as much heat as he could.
As he walked down the street, the barren sidewalks felt wrong. The e
