“"Your friend is dead." He shut the door, and gave Eddie and Hannah a grim look. After a moment, he sat down on the stool with a sigh. Hannah lowered her face into her hands and silently cried. Eddie glared at the man and didn't say anything. He was shaking, too, though it was more in anger than anguish. He didn't feel the cuts he'd incurred breaking through the window. In fact, they'd already started to scab over. And while the shot he'd taken to the arm, now bandaged, still hurt, the pain was ...a distant thing, faraway and unimportant. He had refused the medic's painkillers, who seemed to think Eddie was mad for doing so. But he didn't want to be impaired in any way. He wanted to be involved. Except he'd been ordered to remain in the infirmary under armed guard. "I want to see Wainwright." "The colonel's busy, as you can imagine," Cheever said. "I demand to speak to him now!" "I'm sorry, but that just isn't possible." He shook his head and managed to look genuinely sorry. "We think it was a stray bullet." "It wasn't a stray, dammit!MoreLessRead More Read Less
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
User Reviews: