Chapter 19October 14th, 2014
Bramson Bay, Oregon
The moonlight through the shattered windows was enough to see the room was empty. The window at the back of the room, looking out at the ocean, was closed and intact.
Movement on my right, that was Dekker and Newton in the other room. “Clear.”
“Clear,” they answered.
The four of us converged on the small connecting bathroom. Dark in there, but there was nowhere else for anyone to go unless they’d gotten out the back.
“Cover me.” I moved forward. Lockwood and Newton took up positions on either side.
I watched what I could see of the shower curtain in the dim light. Dark splotches on it. Blood. I smelled the blood, thick in the air like a freshly slaughtered animal.
From the shower came a gurgling cough. The man inside hacked and hacke
