Langdon began chewing and instantly cringed. “They’ll hit your system faster and help counteract the sedative.” Langdon put the pills in his mouth and glanced around for some water. “For when I work night shifts like tonight.” She took out the bottle and dumped six caplets into Langdon’s palm. The cabinet was nearly bare … crackers, a few bags of pasta, a can of Coke, and a bottle of NoDoz. Brooks grabbed his arm with one hand and opened a cabinet with her other. Langdon made a move toward a chair in hopes of sitting down, but Dr. Then she turned and helped Langdon into a modest kitchenette whose Formica table had two flimsy chairs. She stood a moment and closed her eyes, exhaling heavily, as if to collect herself. Brooks adjusted a thermostat, and the radiators banged to life. The furniture and artwork were meager at best-as if she had furnished it at a yard sale. The apartment was tiny, the air inside hinting at an ongoing battle between a vanilla-scented candle and old carpeting. At the far end of the hall, she crouched down and retrieved a key from beneath a thirsty-looking houseplant and unlocked a door. They passed a window, outside of which the murky silhouettes of Florence rooftops had begun emerging in the predawn light. They were walking again, this time down a dark, narrow corridor. “I know, but until you heal, your memories will be muddled and uncataloged-past, present, and imagination all mixed together. The brain function that sorts and catalogs your memories has been temporarily shaken up, and so it throws everything into one picture.”
“Recurring visions are common with amnesia. “You’ll be okay,” she assured him, despite sounding shaky herself. Langdon nodded, perspiration beading on his brow. “The silver-haired woman? And all the dead bodies?” “I keep hallucinating!” Langdon exclaimed.
Then, without warning, she erupted in a blinding pillar of fire, which billowed across the river, engulfing them both.ĭr.
Our time grows short, she whispered, touching her amulet necklace. Her luxuriant silver hair began fluttering in a hot wind.
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