Outside, it was a beautiful day. But when I stepped into what I recognized now as the parking lot of the Starlight Motel, I realized that it wasn't morning. The sun was already starting to set. Apparently I'd slept all afternoon.

Now that I was out in the fresh air, things started to come back to me about the day before, if not the night. 

Suddenly I remembered what I'd found at the high school with my brother-in-law. I remembered how I'd helped carry it even. I remembered the stench, and how afterward I couldn't quite wash off the smell. I wondered if maybe it was the scent I'd been smelling inside the motel room. . . 

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