Chapter 59Dunne couldn't breathe. He doubled over in the back of the mausoleum, gasping for air.
Gowdy had been pushing the door open, and he stopped. "Are you all right?"
Hannahlee reached for Dunne, and he waved her off. "Just need...a minute."
But the truth was, he didn't know if a minute would be enough.
The whole way through the tunnel from Gowdy's cave, Dunne had felt fine. He and Gowdy had lugged Leif up the stone stairs in a makeshift stretcher (a blanket and metal poles) without any problem.
But once inside the mausoleum at the top of the stairs, Dunne had gone downhill fast. All he could think about was the trap that might await them beyond the mausoleum door.
Dunne was armed with three guns, all taken from niches in Gowdy's replica of the Willows' museum in the tunnel
