Chapter 10Many times, I've heard the expression that suggests someone can feel completely numb, but I'd never fully understood it until now, when I experienced it for myself. My brain had shut down as I huddled next to Rafe, incapable of thoughts or sensation. Whether it was a physical incapacity, I couldn't be certain. Perhaps it was a choice I was making subconsciously, my mind refusing to think about the events of last night. Maybe it was because I was terrified of the man sitting beside me, unable to believe the delusional stories he'd been feeding me as we drove.
I stared blankly at the windscreen for hours, watching the miles being eaten up as Rafe drove from Massachusetts to Connecticut, through New York State and onwards across Pennsylvania. Dawn was spreading across the horizon w
