Chapter FiveIt started as a distant speck of light. He was rushing upwards, being propelled up from the dark bottom of a deep, narrow well at such incredible speed that the speck of light in an instant became a wide opening, which he burst through with a jolt severe enough to make him cry out. Howard Greenfield had regained consciousness.
To start with his mind was a blank. What was he doing here, lying fully-clothed on a small, single bed in a tiny room so unfamiliar to him? Then, as his brain began to function again, so the memories came back, coming together unevenly in a whirlpool of confusion. There was Julie, so beautiful with her big, blue eyes, who had given him new life, albeit for only a very short time. Even now he could close his eyes and still feel her touch. Yet it was madne
