Chapter Twenty Nate woke alone in his hospital room. He made to get up before he realized he was connected to something, and his arm screamed in pain as he put pressure on it when he leaned to that side. Lying back in the bed, he took a moment to let the sudden nausea pass before he looked around for the call button. He paged the nurse, and she arrived only moments later, asking him a million questions. He ignored every one and asked only for Liz. He needed to know how she was. In his last memory of her, she had been drugged and passed out in her car. Where was she? Where was everyone? “Calm down, sir, please.” The nurse was begging him, and he tried to relax a little. He knew one thing, she would be more helpful if he cooperated; that’s always the way it worked. “Where is she?” “She’

