CHAPTER TWENTY FOUR
The girl’s emaciated corpse had a peculiar pink-orange glow in the early morning light. The sun was just starting to rise at Riley’s back, and the river that lay beyond the body reflected a lovely golden glow.
One of these days, I’m going to enjoy a sunrise again, she thought.
She had no idea when that day might come. Meanwhile, the rest of the sky was clouding up, and Riley heard some thunder in the distance. It was going to rain before long. And she’d been up all night and was extremely tired. If she didn’t get some sleep soon, she was afraid she’d start making mistakes.
This body lay only a few feet away from a road, where it had been easily spotted by an early morning driver. It was arranged much like the two others—face up with both arms stiffly positioned. The
