Chapter
2
Laura was running late. She hoped Luke wouldn't be mad. She hurried along the
docks in the fog.
This weather kind of spooked her. She remembered the last time she had been in
fog this thick.
She still saw David Grey's face sometimes in her nightmares. She shuddered at
the thought.
Laura saw something moving in the fog ahead of her. A man stepped out of the
fog in front of her.
"Laura?" a voice said.
Laura breathed a sigh of relief. "Sonny, you startled me."
"What are you doing walking alone down here on a night like this?"
"I'm meeting Luke for dinner at Kelly's."
"Well, it's not safe for you to be walking alone in this fog. I'll walk
with you."
"You don't have to do that," she said.
"It's no problem. I was heading that direction anyways," Sonny said
offering her his arm.
"Thanks," she said. She walked along beside him, but did not take his
arm.
They reached the side of Kelly's Diner and Laura saw Luke laying
on the ground.
"Luke!" she yelled running to his side.
Two men stepped out of the fog and grabbed her. Sonny rushed up and started
fighting the men. He punched the man holding Laura in the face hard enough that
she let go of her. The second man took off.
"Laura run!" he yelled.
Laura started to run for the door to Kelly's, but the second man grabbed her
from behind. She managed to scream once before he put a cloth over her nose and
mouth. She heard Sonny call her name before blackness overtook her.
Sonny ran toward Laura when he heard her scream, but the man he had punched had
managed to get to his feet. He hit Sonny from behind and left him laying
unconscious a few feet from Luke.
