Chapter 47I woke up several hours later, the late afternoon sun beaming through my window. My entire body was bathed in sweat, and I started to shake uncontrollably. She was dead; I'd seen the light leave her eyes. A powerful wave of emotion hit me and I let myself drown in it for several long minutes, then pulled myself together and searched for my phone. It was nowhere to be found. I could have lost it anywhere…it could be in Pete's SUV, in the lot at the cement factory, or it could have been knocked out of my pocket when that bastard clocked me in the head.
A bottle of water, mostly full, sat in the cup holder, and I took a huge swig. It was foully warm and made me want to vomit, but I managed to keep it down. Using leftover fast-food napkins and more warm water, I cleaned the blood of
