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beneath the covers.
    “No, just the police cars and ambulance. Whoa, wait. They’re bringing out the stretcher. Body’s covered up, purple blanket. Head covered too. That means deceased. Guess they had to shoot him, whoever it was.”
    Jamie grunted. Her teeth kept up their chattering racket.
    Thomas suddenly stiffened his spine. “Good Lord! What in the name of … ?
Unbelievable
. The guy under the blanket
isn’t
dead. He’s trying to get up off the stretcher. He’s … his face. No
way
he could be alive.”
    Jamie said, “Come. Hold me. I need a warm body. I’m so c-c-c-cold.”
    “Whoa. They’re buckling him down with extra straps. Sweet Jesus, half his face is missing.”
    “Tommy …”
    “Yeah, just a sec.”
    “Cold.”
    “Oh! A cop just clubbed him. A good one upside the head. Damn!”
    “
Tommy
…”
    “
Now
they’ll get him in the ambulance. They subdued the shit out of him. So much for being dead. It must be the mystery disease they were talking about on TV. Said it mimicked death. I hope to God that’s not what you have.”
    “Just a bug. Hold me. I can’t seem to get warm.”
    He stepped out of his shorts and slipped under the covers. He held her tightly and vigorously rubbed her everywhere his hands could reach. “Better?”
    “Maybe a little. Don’t stop.”
    “Uh-oh, I’m getting another erection. Sorry. It’s just—”
    “Fu-fu-fu-fuck me. I feel so empty. I ne-ne-need you inside me.”
    “You sure you’re up to it? Maybe that’s not such a good idea.”
    “Fuck me, d-d-damn you.”
    He gave her a crooked grin. “Yes ma’am. You’re the boss.”
    He rolled on top of her and she took him in both hands and pushed him inside.
    “I think you need a little lubricant this time,” he said.
    “No. Stay there. Fuck me. Fuck me hard so I can feel it. I want it rough. Are you still in? I can’t feel you.”
    “Yes, I’m in. Don’t belittle Mr. Willy. He’s sensitive to that kind of thing.” His chuckle rang hollow.
    “God,” she said, her inflection inching closer to the realm of hysteria, “I’m going numb all over.
What’s happening?”
    “Shush. It’s all right. You’ll be fine.”
    “No I won’t be fine. What’s happening to me? Tommy?”
    “I’m right here. Take it easy. Just rest.”
    Her shudders became more violent, and then finally subsided. She shut her eyes and drifted toward sleep. He did not shrink inside her. His erection sustained itself through the magic of modern chemistry. He shut his eyes and listened to the low-volume voice on the cable news channel. The anchorman said, “Joining us by phone is Reverend Barry Grayson. Reverend Grayson, I understand you have a different take on the extraordinary events unfolding as we speak. You believe there may be a link between the mysterious outbreak along the southwest border and the unexplained spectacle of the so-called
eye in the sky
.”
    Grayson said, “That’s right, Bret, I do. In fact, I think it’s obvious that what we’re witnessing is the beginning of End Times. Nonbelievers in the secular world will mock me for saying so and pooh-pooh it on reflex, but I believe with all my heart and soul that the End of Days is upon us. As prophesied in the Abrahamic religions, the doomsday scenario is about to play itself out on the world’s stage. Whether Christian, Muslim or Jew, you can’t look up at that magnificent eye in the sky and deny that it is the very eye of God.
For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
The message couldn’t be clearer, Bret. As it is written in scripture,
Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud with power and great glory
. God’s judgment is at hand. Fall on your knees and pray for forgiveness. I don’t believe we have much time.”
    Thomas whispered, “Amen,