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Turn 179 of 226

Hunt the contact the major called — find them through the phone's call log. Eat them

The major's phone is the thing the 3,400 pounds picks up from the bedside table. The picking up is the thing the blood-slick thumb does. The blood is the thing the major left on the screen. The screen is the thing the call log opens on. The call log is the thing the numbers are in. The numbers are the things the 3,400 pounds does not read. The not reading is the thing the nose is for. The nose is the thing the 15'6" frame lowers to the phone. The lowering is the thing the screen does not smell like anything. The not anything is the thing the major's hand does not leave scent on glass. The glass is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not need. The not needing is the thing the room is for. The room is the thing the major's clothes are in. The clothes are the things the closet holds. The closet is the thing the 15'6" frame tears open. The tearing is the thing the hangers scatter from. The hangers are the things the clothes fall off. The clothes are the things the nose finds. The finding is the thing the major's uniform gives. The uniform is the thing the scent is on. The scent is the thing the 3,400 pounds memorizes. The memorizing is the thing the animal does. The animal is the thing that tracks.

The tracking is the thing the phone gives too. The phone is the thing the 3,400 pounds scrolls through. The scrolling is the thing the call log shows one outgoing call at 2:47 AM. The 2:47 AM is the thing the major made. The made is the thing the number is a 706 area code for. The 706 is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not know. The not knowing is the thing the phone's GPS is for. The GPS is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not know how to use. The not knowing is the thing the hospital computer is for. The computer is the thing the nurses' station has. The station is the thing the 15'6" frame walks to. The walking is the thing the hallway screams from. The screaming is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not slow for. The not slowing is the thing the keyboard gets. The getting is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not type on. The not typing is the thing the screen is the thing the search bar is on. The search bar is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not need because the phone is the thing the major's contact list is in. The contact list is the thing the name is in. The name is the thing the 3,400 pounds reads.

The name is the thing the contact list gives. The gives is the thing the entry is: K. Voss. The K. Voss is the thing the address is next to. The address is the thing the major saved. The saved is the thing the 3,400 pounds reads twice. The twice is the thing the 15'6" frame memorizes. The memorizing is the thing the animal does. The animal is the thing that does not need the phone anymore. The not anymore is the thing the screen crunches under the twelve-times density. The crunching is the thing the glass and the plastic and the major's last secret are. The are is the thing the 3,400 pounds drops on the floor. The floor is the thing the blood and the glass mix on. The mixing is the thing the 15'6" frame steps away from. The stepping away is the thing the hospital exit is for. The exit is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not use the door for. The not door is the thing the wall is. The wall is the thing the 15'6" frame goes through. The through is the thing the cinderblock does not hold. The not holding is the thing the sunlight is. The sunlight is the thing the parking lot gives. The giving is the thing the address is fifteen miles northeast of.

The fifteen miles is the thing the 3,400 pounds runs. The running is the thing the twelve-times density gives. The giving is the thing the asphalt does not feel the 3,400 pounds on. The not feeling is the thing the speed is. The speed is the thing the naked eye cannot follow. The cannot follow is the thing the cars on the highway do not see. The not see is the thing the 3,400 pounds passes in the blur. The blur is the thing the 15'6" frame is. The is is the thing the suburbs give way to. The giving way is the thing the rural road is. The rural road is the thing the address is on. The address is the thing the mailbox gives. The mailbox is the thing the name Voss is on. The Voss is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not pass. The not pass is the thing the driveway is. The driveway is the thing the 15'6" frame walks up. The walking is the thing the gravel does not crunch under. The not crunching is the thing the 3,400 pounds controls. The controlling is the thing the animal has. The animal is the thing that hunts. The hunting is the thing the house at the end of the driveway is for. The house is the thing the windows are dark in. The dark is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not need light for. The not needing is the thing the nose is. The nose is the thing the door does not stop. The not stopping is the thing the 15'6" frame pushes through. The pushing is the thing the hinges give. The giving is the thing the hallway is. The hallway is the thing the scent is in. The scent is the thing the 3,400 pounds follows. The following is the thing the stairs go up. The up is the thing the bedroom is. The bedroom is the thing the sleeping shape is in. The sleeping shape is the thing the 3,400 pounds stands over. The standing over is the thing the 15'6" frame does. The doing is the thing the eyes open in. The opening is the thing the scream is. The scream is the thing the teeth are. The teeth are the things the eating is. The eating is the thing the rage gives. The rage is the thing the 3,400 pounds does not stop. The not stopping is the thing the wish built. The wish is the thing that is still going.