Chapter 59Dave didn't immediately turn toward the shore. For a long moment, he stared sullenly at the far corner of the concession stand, the last place where he'd seen Billy Bristol. With the gun hanging heavily at his side, he slouched in the rain, wondering how he could have let things get so out of control.
He was trapped, now; he had no choices left, no alternatives. Over the course of the day, he'd steadily whittled down his range of options, limiting the possibilities with each new decision...and now, he had no choices left. There was but a single course which he could follow, one route which he now had to take.
As terrifying as it was, he couldn't avoid his new assignment. Though his instincts demanded that he bail out and run, he knew that he couldn't shirk the dangerous du
