“Southern California. LA.”
“Did you know the law has just been changed here? Now we
can die by injection. It’s less cruel. Isn’t that nice? It doesn’t apply
to me though, since my conviction was years ago. I’ll smell the
gas. Are your family still in California?”
For a second, Adam’s heart stopped beating. He sank a few
inches in his chair. “My father’s dead.”
A long minute passed. Sam said, “And your mother?”
“She lives in Portland. Remarried.”
“Where’s your sister?” he asked.