Chapter 69
The explosion had left a deep hole in the ground. Despite the rain, there was fire and the acrid smell of burnt flesh. Body pieces were strewn about.
She walked into the middle of the m******e. But she refused to come to any conclusion until she found him.
She scrambled to each body, every body part, on all fours, swimming in the mixture of fresh blood, mud, and rain water.
She would search until she found something that belonged to him.
She kept looking. She didn’t know for how long. She wouldn’t give up until she had looked at everything she could find.
And then that was the end of it. She had seen everything. She felt like laughing. She was giddy.
She could not find his body or any evidence of it.
Douglas appeared beside her.
He didn’t recognize the expression on her
