Tracking Shadows (Shadows of Justice 4)
“His skin blistered and raw, the slightest move had him crying out in pain. He fought his way to the surface, and rolled out of bed, sweating and angry that Trina had dredged all this up.
She'd seemed morally offended that he hadn't sent her a post card or email telling her he'd lived.
As if that had been possible. He'd been fighting for his life. The spray-on skin had erased most of his burns and the remaining scars were always concealed so no one could point to a single distinction tha...t might identify him as the Slick Micky. The unexpected infection in his seared lungs had kept him hospitalized. The doctors had all but given up, unable to identify the cause and cure the infection. He hadn't thought about this in years. Didn't want to think about it now. He scrubbed at the rough, puckered scar tissue on his chest. With the startling force of a flash-bang grenade, remembered details of his past clicked into context with the present.
He yanked on jeans and grabbed a shirt, pulling it over his head as he ran, barefoot, up to the infirmary.MoreLess
She'd seemed morally offended that he hadn't sent her a post card or email telling her he'd lived.
As if that had been possible. He'd been fighting for his life. The spray-on skin had erased most of his burns and the remaining scars were always concealed so no one could point to a single distinction tha...t might identify him as the Slick Micky. The unexpected infection in his seared lungs had kept him hospitalized. The doctors had all but given up, unable to identify the cause and cure the infection. He hadn't thought about this in years. Didn't want to think about it now. He scrubbed at the rough, puckered scar tissue on his chest. With the startling force of a flash-bang grenade, remembered details of his past clicked into context with the present.
He yanked on jeans and grabbed a shirt, pulling it over his head as he ran, barefoot, up to the infirmary.MoreLess
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