Chapter 10
North Side
I CAME OUT OF IT slowly. My mouth felt dry and the right side of my head ached. I was lying on my face, and after a few minutes I pulled myself to my knees. I crawled over to the chair I’d been sitting in most of the time, sprawled into it, and looked around. My eyes weren’t working so well, but it didn’t take me long to see that Virgie and the red-haired one had departed.
The place looked pretty neat. On the floor near one of the beds lay a rod. It was the one Carrie had used in trying to get me. I stood up, tried to walk steadily, and got the rod. There were footfalls in the corridor. I went into the bathroom, used a towel on the gun. It was a pretty sure thing that Virgie had got my fingers on the grip.
When I came out there were no more footfalls. And there wa
