The article made her shriek. There on the page were their symptoms, all right. A man came that day to check the furnace. He told Beverly's family they were lucky indeed. Lucky to be alive.
Carbon monoxide is a nasty, odorless gas.
It steals the oxygen you need for life. Beverly and her dad, Ray and her mom, Phyllis and her brothers, David and Paul long remembered their days in the piney woods of Hidden Valley, Colorado. They laughed and rejoiced and felt grateful to be alive. And Midnight loved them all.