Chapter 23 I Found Him

• He had largely walked around the houses and had now arrived where the town bordered a small, densely overgrown, unhealthily green shimmering lake. A colorful chain of lights with several broken bulbs pointed to a few rickety tables and chairs where some locals apparently regularly gathered to mark the end of the day. It was still too early and too hot for more than two people to be there, and as the weather threatened to develop, there wouldn't be much going on that night either.
• Jorge ordered water and enjoyed letting the ice-cold liquid run down his throat.
• 'What's the point?' he thought to himself. It wasn't like anything was going to happen today and Phoebe was far away in another province. She wouldn't agree, but then again, she wouldn't know either.