CHAPTER THIRTEENAugust 2006
The days passed agonizingly slow for Briggs, as if he were digging a hole in the sand that kept filling in. He could not sleep nor get any rest no matter how hard he tried. He was so nervous and distracted that he couldn’t fish either, and that was the most frustrating part. Immediately after Check departed, Briggs was overwhelmed by the new twist in his life. He could feel his blood racing at top speed. There was a part of him—a part he never really understood—that craved the kind of excitement and even danger that his new life offered.
Despite his stress, he spent every moment he could with Anita when she wasn’t at work, and he had started to spend more time with Sweetie too. He and Anita agreed that a gradual introduction into Sweetie’s life would be best.
