### **CHAPTER 5: THE BLACKOUT**
**12:33 AM - Highway 22**
Daniel woke to his hands raw and bleeding, his trunk filled with **quicklime bags from the mill.** His GPS showed a 3-hour gap.
**Police Database - 2:00 AM**
He hacked into restricted files. **Ethan Cole: Age 9, sole survivor of the 1998 "Lullaby House Massacre."**
**Flashback:**
*The shadow stands over a woman's body. He turns—* **young Daniel's face reflects in the knife.**