Chapter 13
The food actually helped a little, so Michael was glad he hadn’t protested when Audrey made the suggestion that they break for lunch. And he was doubly glad that she made sure their conversation consisted of normal, mundane things — planning a trip to the grocery store and Trader Joe’s for the next day, since they were getting low on a few essentials, asking a bit more about the conference at the Hotel Del Coronado in July. He wanted to focus on topics like that, because they reminded him that he and Audrey had a future they were planning for, that his whole existence hadn’t been completely consumed by the hunt for their demon.
Whoever…and wherever…he was.
After lunch, though, just as Michael was settling back down to do more research, his phone rang. He picked it up without
