It got dark as we pulled away from the island’s street lamps. In the car, with the heater on, I could strip off the dress shirt and leave on the T-shirt underneath. “Where are we going?” I asked.“To see Doyle, first. That’s where we’ll start.”“I already saw him. He said the core was at the guy’s ...
I trembled at the wind cutting into me so badly that my body hurt, like a thousand needles were burrowing underneath the surface of my skin. When we got back to the main road, North pulled into the hotel’s parking lot. He parked as closed to the doors as he could. He urged me to get off the bike,...
A sharp ring interrupted the din, and the group silenced, turning to Kevin. Kevin fished out a cell phone. He took one look at the screen and pressed the button. He stood quickly, rushing to the front door. “Hey. Everything okay?” He stepped out into the hallway, shutting the door behind himself....
Instead, it was in an old, unused service hallway, at the end of a T junction. On either side of the T, there were doors with signs marking them that they were the school heating and air conditioning units, and at the center top of the T, there was an emergency door. Ms. Wright marched me down th...