Chapter 36Jeremy collided with the sheriff, drove his shoulder into the man's chest. The two of them crashed onto the floor as the lights inside the shack went out. Jeremy thought they'd landed on a lamp cord, that it might have been yanked out of a plug.
As the Sheriff threw him off, the hairs on the back of Jeremy's neck stood on end.
O'Sullivan knelt over Jeremy and threw punches.
The blows struck Jeremy's body. The wind pushed out of his lungs. He gasped for air.
Another punch slammed into his jaw.
He bit into his tongue and pain raced through his head.
Only when the laughing started, did the beating stop.
O'Sullivan pivoted around on one knee.
Jeremy took advantage of the reprieve and focused on breathing. He heard Greta sobbing by the radiator. If she'd been shot, at least sh
