Dodd woke up and with his eyes still closed, felt for Mary on the other side of the bed. When he couldn't touch her, he became fully awake and startled up, his eyes wide and searching. He bolted from the bed and stormed into the bathroom, she wasn't there.
Then he stormed into the sitting room and also found it empty. A feeling of dread washed all over him and he became tense. He clenched his fist and then checked and held his breath as he checked the kitchen. It was also empty.
Dodd felt as if his bones were yanked from inside his skin, he felt weak and powerless. He tried to visualize how it had happened and then realized he was still naked. Moving back into the room, he heard his phone ringing and then rushed to where he had flung his trousers and then fumbled his phone out. "Who is
