Get your shit together, girl. She left the kitchen, but instead of entering the living room, she went down the hall and found the bathroom. She closed the door and locked it. The bathroom was a spacious mess. The clothes hamper was full and more dirty clothes were piled on the floor beside it. An...
She was paralyzed because, in that moment, she knew she was going to die. He was going to start firing that gun and she would feel the bullets tear into her one at a time and then she’d be dead. But he kept coming and he didn’t fire the gun. He got closer and closer, mouth open as he screamed at ...
Rodriguez and the deputies who had shown up. Bob was amazed that their reactions to everything had not been stronger. The doctor and the deputies hadn’t seemed all that surprised to hear that a newborn infant had sprouted fangs and attacked people in the room, killing one by ripping her open and ...
After finding Delgado in the stairwell, he’d gotten three of his men to accompany him down to the basement, and they weren’t going back upstairs until every test subject down there was dead. He’d brought McCoy, Baker, and Axelrod because they hadn’t hesitated to follow orders when they were outsi...
Rosie said as she led Latrice into the kitchen. It was a beautiful kitchen. The floor, walls, and countertops were all tiled in a mottled tan and brown. There was a big sub-zero refrigerator built into the wall with a shiny stainless-steel door, dark wood cabinets. But it was a slovenly mess. Dir...
That was why she went by Penny, because she hated Penelope so much—although Penny wasn’t a whole lot better. She would much rather have a name like Desiree... or Miranda... or Natasha. Just about anything was better than Penelope. Well... almost anything. Certainly not Gertrude. The name Gertrude...
was enjoying the sound of the rain against his windows as he thumbed through the Rolling Stone he'd bought that day. A Kate Bush album was on the stereo, he had a beer in hand, and he was slumped on the sofa with his feet up, comfortable and content. The rain reminded him of home, although it was...
It had even looked, briefly, like the clouds were going to break up and give way to blue sky. But it wasn't long before the sunlight was swallowed up and the sky was once again a low ceiling of grimy steel. The street was thick with reporters from all the local television stations and some from ...