CHAPTER 91
Jeff didn’t wake up until his feet hit the floor. That shock brought him wide awake.
An alarm pulsed through the house. The exact tone of his elementary school fire drill alarm, a piercing electronic chirp that cut through all thought. His entire body was galvanized to action, but he didn’t even know where he was or what action was called for.
The alarm cut out.
Mandy threw his clothes at him and he dragged them on.
“What the hell?” Jeff followed her out the bedroom door as he tried to simultaneously zip up his pants and tug his shirt over his head.
His head was trapped somewhere in thick cotton when he ran into her in the hall.
“Sorry, Mand.”
He got the shirt hauled down enough to see it was Clarice grinning at him.
“All right. Way to go you two. I’m so proud.”
“But .
