CHAPTER 30
I’m shaking by the time I get out of the SUV, and I have to pee too, so I hope there’s an outhouse or something they’ll let me use. I find myself wishing for the mental numbness that characterized so much of my stay in Doc’s hospital, but unfortunately my body thinks I need to be completely alert right now. My mind has never been clearer.
Or more terrified.
The officers seated beside me must sense how scared I am as I shake and quiver beside them. I have no idea what they’re saying, but my guess from their laughter is that they’re making fun of me. It’s like I’m in elementary school, standing up to yet another bully who has decided he wants to beat up my best friend, only now the stakes aren’t skinned knees and a possible trip to the principal’s. I find myself wishing I’d nev
