CHAPTER FIVEJessica
The next morning, I rose before dawn to take another crack at
the story. I made a fresh pot of coffee in my French press and downed a quick
bowl of Wheaties while checking email. Just for the hell of it, I peeked out
the window again. Still no van. Good. I scrubbed out the pan in the sink and
topped off my coffee before opening my word processing program.
Alexis
Alexis couldn’t believe she was going anywhere with
Swede. She had sworn she would never talk to the man again, let alone travel
with him.
I must be losing my mind.
But what he told her had scared her. Swede actually
seemed to believe that her life was in danger from these people who were
looking for the research he and Daniel had conducted. Research so secret and
dangerous, he still wouldn’t tell
