Chapter 6
Shane woke up with a start. His legs ached and his head felt like he was swimming. It took him a moment to realize where he was. He hopped out of bed and looked out the window, finding the snow had long stopped. He turned down the thermostat on the radiator and tried to make sense of the strange dream he’d had.
He fumbled through his dirty clothes on the floor and found his dead phone, and then the charger. He plugged it into the outlet on the wall and realized it was only 9:00 A.M. on Christmas morning. His brother and sister would be pleading with his parents to hurry up and finish their coffee so they could open their presents under the big tree. And then Shane would call them. Them, and Devon, and Alfie.
Shane grabbed his blue bag of toiletries and hurried out of his room
