Chapter 45: Chapter 45: Revelation

THANKS TO MY NIGHT vision, I could easily locate the sleeping bag. It smelled like it had been down there for 50 years, but it was warmer than the stone floor. I climbed in as best as I could, the pain and nausea exhausting me by the time I finished. Without meaning to, I closed my eyes and let reality slip away.

**

Ruthie screamed near the school parking lot.

"Tru Lee Parker! You better get your butt over here right now!"

Phoebe snickered next to her. "Is that seriously her middle name?"

Impatiently, Ruthie snapped back, "Why would I make up a name like that? Where is she?" She glanced at her cell phone. "She didn't text me and she isn't answering her phone. I'm supposed to meet Val at Yogurt Heaven in thirty minutes!"

"So that's why you're so grumpy."

Ruthie just glared at her, hands on her hips.