ONE seedy apartment complex after another. This side of town is dark and dreary, even on the most luminous of days. Randall Barnes wears a hooded, bulky winter coat, his hands tucked deeply in the pockets of his ill-fitting jeans. He carries himself cautiously, his posture stooped, eyeing every c...
Savannah and her cubicle mate, Tami Lynn, return from their lunch break.“So…he didn’t ask you out again?” Tami Lynn asks, still trying to figure out gym boy Brody’s, angle. “He didn’t secure the next date?”“No,” Savannah says very nonchalant, surprisingly disinterested in analyzing his decision.“...
Marks eyes the building. “Still looks the same,” he says, a full year passed since his transfer. “This stop isn’t on our itinerary,” Aubrey reminds. “Dr. Ryan specifically said you were to transport me to the compound. Do not pass Go. Do not collect two hundred dollars. Go...