fifty five
the first thing i did when i regained consciousness was puke on my shoes .
the man said ," oh . lord in heaven , was that necessary ?open a wiondow , darn it , what did yoy eat ?"
i fumbled for the window switch . before i found it , he opened all four windows using the driver's controls .
i didn't remember what i'd eaten . i didn't rewmember the man beside me , i didn't recall why my wrist and ankles were bound together with what seemed like bushels of tape or how i'd gotten into the front seat of the car i was in .
the lef side of my head felt like someone had whacked it with a malllet . although i didn't recall any blow to my head that might have left me amnesic and nauseous , i was assuming connection between my headache and some unrecalled close head trauma .
i sat up straight so i could look around .
a man i didn't know was driving . he looked like a younger version of sam . his hair was cut short . he was big and strong - taller and heavier than me , i was guessing six-two , two hundred plus pounds . his waist was protruding over his belt more , i was sure , than he liked . he wiore dark sunglassess and an KLA . angles cap that was stained from plenty of use .
traffic was thin . at that moment , nonexistent . the car we were in was on a two lane rulal roasd in one of those geographical transitional areas where sparse chaparral has give way to desert .
the first thing i did when i regained consciousness was puke on my shoes .
the man said ," oh . lord in heaven , was that necessary ?open a wiondow , darn it , what did yoy eat ?"
i fumbled for the window switch . before i found it , he opened all four windows using the driver's controls .
i didn't remember what i'd eaten . i didn't rewmember the man beside me , i didn't recall why my wrist and ankles were bound together with what seemed like bushels of tape or how i'd gotten into the front seat of the car i was in .
the lef side of my head felt like someone had whacked it with a malllet . although i didn't recall any blow to my head that might have left me amnesic and nauseous , i was assuming connection between my headache and some unrecalled close head trauma .
i sat up straight so i could look around .
a man i didn't know was driving . he looked like a younger version of sam . his hair was cut short . he was big and strong - taller and heavier than me , i was guessing six-two , two hundred plus pounds . his waist was protruding over his belt more , i was sure , than he liked . he wiore dark sunglassess and an KLA . angles cap that was stained from plenty of use .
traffic was thin . at that moment , nonexistent . the car we were in was on a two lane rulal roasd in one of those geographical transitional areas where sparse chaparral has give way to desert .
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