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"I am a police officer here in this fort and I will let you know that I know those people who are out there and-"

Peggy put her hand on Curtis’ arm and squeezed "Shut up"

"What?" He looked at her in surprise

"Just shut up We’re all sitting here, upset, pissy, and just trying to get a little coe or your dick in our faces"

Linda snorted whiskey out of her nose, laughing loudly

Curtis looked at her with a hurt expression on his face

Slalowered at no one in particular "I did what I thought was right"

"I wouldn’t be here if not for you," Ken said, hugging her arm

"But one off firing your gun," Curtis snapped

"That’s it!" Peggy grabbed Curtis’ wrist and dragged him out of his chair

"Go back to the communication center and do your job Now!"

Curtis sputtered, but the look on Peggy’s face shut him up With a dark scowl, he stomped off

Linda downed the last bit of whiskey and stood up, swaying on her feet

"I’ll go caly felt a sharp pang of disappointment as Linda started after Curtis She wasn’t sure if she was jealous that Linda and Curtis were going to mess around or if it was because Linda deserved better than a surly boy with a badge

With a shrug, Linda kept walking after Curtis

"I’ into the coet naked As long as they are listening for our people," Peggy sighed

"Nothing wrong with co each other in our tireed She was seated next to Lenore now, gently stroking her hair

"You rerandma," Lenore said in a low voice

"Thank you, hon"

The people at the table lapsed into silence and Peggy began to butter another biscuit She should get up to check on Cody soon He was sleeping over with a friend and she wanted to make sure he was okay before his friend’s parents turned in Maybe it was the manly scent of Dale next to her or the s a little more relaxed now

"I hope they corab the peach ja to say that would be productive, so she just ate

2 The Thoughts of One Man

Kevin Reynolds leaned against the railing of the second floor of thethe newco from the blow to her head Her coht

They were now settled into what had been a children’s clothing store, both of the the night He could barely see the very pretty Latina’s red sweater standing out a his hand over his head, he felt the prickle of his closely cut hair tickle his palm He felt bone weary His brain felt overwhel on pure adrenaline at this point It was certain sleep would be long in co casually in his ared each other with half-assed salutes

Kevin wondered if this how Fletcher Christian felt on board the HMS Bounty Knotted up inside until he felt like he could barely breathe?

Below hi in the mall murmured It was past noon now Rations were passed out Water bottles, half full, were being dispensed Work creould be changing shifts The few children that had survived the flu were in school

Everyone looked drawn, tired, and scared

And after what he had recently discovered, they should be