Chapter 49“What made you think I was dead?" said Gowdy. "What gave you such a crazy idea?"
"The funeral, for one thing." Leif managed a smirk.
Hannahlee hurried over to check his condition. "Try not to move around too much."
"That's what they told the guy in the coffin." Leif chuckled...then grunted in pain.
Gowdy got up from the table and walked over to the bed. "But where did you first hear it? Who told you I was dead?"
"Your partner, of course," said Leif. "Your second in command, Jeremiah Weed. He said you were in a terrible fire, which is why the funeral was closed-casket."
"Lou Mendez?" Gowdy shook his head slowly. "You mean he didn't tell everyone to go home? He didn't announce the experiment was over, and I'd gone underground to work on a new project?"
"Nope," sai
