Chapter 44: Rule #44: Power Has to Be Kept in Check.

Beauregard.

The daydream I had constructed myself was a nightmare that haunted my dreams as the lull of the truck's engine dragged me under. I let it. Let sleep overtake me, let the dream play out behind my eyelids, let my imagination torment me, let it twist the events of the day until it was Beatrice in that airplane seat with a bullet in her head, and my hand on the trigger, launching me awake, unable to catch my breath. I was partially relieved he woke me, though I didn't show it, the dream had completely consumed me that even seeing myself sitting in the truck I felt so out of body still.

"Do you have siblings?" I asked randomly wanting to change the subject from the terrifying nightmare.

"Six," Geun said. "There's six of us all together, Four of us boys and two girls."

"How do you do it?" I asked.

"Do what, exactly?" Geun asked, confused.