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High Voltage: Chapter 2

For a aped open and her mind went blank It took an absurd aain

What was going on here?

Where the hell had the dog gone? And where the hell had this man come from? Had he been in the back of her truck all this time?

"No,” she whispered She would have known She would have seen him

Wouldn't she?

Shaking her head, she tried to rationalize that it had been pitch black outside when she'd helped the dog into the bed of the truck The ht?

Panic welled inside her Again, she couldn't agree hat her reasonableto tell her She would have known he was there She would have sensed his presence Heard hi would have known he was there and that would have alerted her

A bit freak out, she moved away from the truck and stalked over to the washer and dryer in the far corner She flung open the cupboard above the washer and retrieved a towel and a thick blanket She then returned to the bed, setting the dry covers on the tailgate The man didn't stir He was curled in the fetal position, his arms wrapped around his wide chest His eyes were closed

The way her heart pounded so erratically in her chest made her wary to wake him She wasn't exactly in the mood for a confrontation

Glancing around the carport, she located the long ed to the tire jack she'd left behind when she'd cleaned out the bed of the pickup so she—with Pete's help—could bring horipped the rod tightly in one hand Just in case Unfortunately, her arm shook violently fro

With tentative steps, she returned to the back of the truck Using the long piece of ently prodded the man who still lay there, cos

He didn't budge It occurred to Serena that perhaps he was dead

"Fuck,” she uy in the back of s on the loose, injured” She lifted her eyes heavenward—except that her gaze didn't make it any further than the white, clapboard-covered roof “Why me, God? Inew"