Nightmare

Ocala, Florida

The heavy night air amplified the cries of the loons and the harsh bark of an alligator, somewhere deep in the swamp that lay behind the motel.

Reid woke and rubbed a hand over his face, glancing down at the girl lying next to him. He couldn’t remember her name, could hardly remember what she looked like, the thin moonlight slatting over the bed from the window showing a slim body, and a spill of…