Chapter 36: Interrupted
I reach her first, a few yards from the front porch. The rain has stopped for the most part but there’s still a fine mist hanging in the air, though I can’t tell if it’s something falling or something kicked up as Caitlin runs ahead of me. Every few feet she looks over her shoulder and, seeing me right behind her, starts to laugh again. “You guys are so slow,” she calls out, and damned if she doesn’t spur on ahead faster, how does she do that? She’s sixteen, I remind myself, racing to catch up. This is nothing for her. Another nine years and she’ll be out here wheezing like me. As if I’m that old.
With a burst of speed that surprises me, I close the distance between us and reach for her. I get a handful of her t-shirt before the black material slips free of my gri
