Chapter 20
There was dim light – almost blinding. Far off sounds. Beeps. Annoying beeps, actually. Grogginess. And then there was pain.
It was there, far away, distant, almost as if Angie couldn’t focus on it.
Why do I hurt so badly? What happened? And where am I?
She opened her eyes, the light blinding her for a few moments. She blinked painfully, though it was nothing compared to the pain in her stomach.
She recognized she was in the hospital. Looking down, she saw that her midsection was heavily bandaged and wrapped tight, as if she’d been injured.
Her thoughts were still far away and she knew enough to know she was on some kind of painkillers – though they didn’t completely dull the pain.
I helped Marcus arrest Dean Copeland. Then what? What happened next? We went to
