Chapter 13 Summary

Kinsey wakes up to a phone call from Sharon Napier asking if Kinsey has forgotten about her. It is 8:30 pm, forty-five minutes after their scheduled appointment. Kinsey is promising that she can be right over when Sharon asks her to wait a moment, that there is someone at her door. A strange sound over the phone gets Kinsey's attention and then a muffled voice over the phone says "hello", chuckles, then hangs up. Adrenaline rushes through Kinsey, making her forget her illness. Kinsey races over to Sharon's apartment, picking up her flashlight and rubber gloves from her briefcase in the back seat. She briefly considers taking her gun, but decides against it. She knocks at the front door, whispering Sharon's name. Kinsey is unsure of what or who she will find and she fears that the intruder might still be in the apartment...