Chapter 88

• — At the clinic near Ashley's institute — after those words I stop suddenly in front of my car door, dad continues — they are very bad Zero — that he speaks in the plural leaves me breathless.
• I end the call and storm out of the parking lot at home and drive like a fucking madman to the clinic. When I arrive at the emergency room it is complete chaos, there are doctors running from one side to the other and people crying and complaining of pain can be heard.
• I look around, not understanding what the hell is going on, until a nurse bumps into me.