Chapter 2When Kerry awoke, she saw darkness beyond the window just to her left through the partially drawn vertical blinds. She lay on a bed in a small neat room. Soft light shone from a lamp sitting on a chest of drawers opposite the bed. A light blanket had been thrown over her, but the room did not feel chilly. Keeping her eyes slitted as she turned her head with care, she searched for any hint to help identify where she was.
“You’re waking up. Good, I was beginning to worry. Frank said you shouldn’t be out too long.”
The voice was not that of the man in whose truck she’d ridden. It was soft, almost light, although still masculine. Who? Where? Fast moves made her dizzy, but she wanted to see the speaker. She rolled onto her side to face out into the room. Her eyes felt both blurry and
