Chapter 14
Valerie waited for Eric by the computer. While he’d been in the shower, she’d pulled up two chairs side by side to the big oak table. She’d also done her best to clear up the disaster of old food containers and half-finished Cokes that she’d forgotten until they were too fizzleless to be worthwhile drinking. She wasn’t so hyped on the sugar or the flavor, but she loved the bright, sharp fizz at the back of her throat from a freshly opened can. She never finished a whole twelve-ounce can. If she could find four-ounce cans that packed double the fizz, she’d be all set.
She’d even put away her clothes and assiduously had not touched the computer or anything to do with it. The early afternoon light splashed in the southern exposure windows, despite the gray skies. It showed that s
