Chapter 46

• TOMÁS
• My knees were complaining by the time Jared and I reached the far end of Battery Park. It was a bit late in the afternoon for this. The sun was nearly at its peak, and the humidity was so
• thick that it made it difficult to breathe. The afternoon breeze coming off the river offered little relief. Those conditions made this run exactly what it was intended to be: cleansing. And if I were to judge by the stench rolling off of Jared, it seemed to be exactly that. I’d hoped it would cleanse me of some of the foolish thoughts circling in my head.