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"Just because she’s froion, does not mean her belief is not accurate in so, but looked wary of the people glaring at her

This coathered in the lobby

The long festering resent to the surface very quickly

Friends and fa with each other The stress was overwhele Everyone was afraid

"Maybe the Baptists had it right Maybe it isn’t safe here," Art said at last

"If we can’t trust our leadership to look out for all of us"

"They’ve been excluding us a lot lately They tossed out Blanche without a vote!" someone shouted from the back

Travis winced and shook his head "We made a choice at the time-"

"You cut us out of that decision," Ed said sharply

Kevinhere kno hard it has been on those we voted into leadership roles They’ve suffered losses just like the rest of us"

"Maybe looking out for our own best interests is the way to go," Ed decided at last

"I don’t understand where this is coood right now"

"A lot of us are tired of not feeling we have a choice about what goes on,"

Gretchen said "No offense, Travis, but it’s daive our lives over to other people"

Ed nodded slowly "Don’t ry, but I’ out there and soate or a door they shouldn’t I dunno if I can trust y’all"

Katarina looked at Ed, her expression was full of pain "Bill died trying to protect this fort"

"I know that, Katarina I know that ButI don’t like feeling like I’m not in control ofto take a chance out there on my own at this point"

Silence fell over the roo the and she kneas hurt and trying to hold his temper It was hard not to be trusted after all they had worked to achieve

"Let theo," Eric said from near the front desk "Let whoever wants to leave the fort take what they need and go"

"We can’t hold them here," Kevin added

"We need the battle,"

Juan protested "Everyone has assignments!"

"Some of us don’t want to be here for it," a h the vast roo

"We can do it without theree pale Katie tried to reach out to her, but Peggy turned and walked away through the crowd

"Very well If you want to go while the going is good, go We got extra vehicles out there But you’re on your own once you’re gone," Travis finally said

Ed nodded "That’s fair"

Nerit looked around the roo on her back in a gesture that see, you ht," Nerit finally said

"Why is that?" Gretchen asked There was an edge to her voice, but it sounded er

"The zo At 9:20, the first zombies will cross over the first line"

"And how do you know this?" Art asked sharply

"Ralph told me The zombies arrive early To to leave, you need to leave now," Nerit said in a fir voice

"And why are we supposed to believe this?" a voice Katie didn’t recognize called out

"Because she knohat she’s talking about" Calhoun ard and held a tape recorder in his hand "I’ve been taking care of the co for alien transmissions Got this instead" He held up a tape recorder and hit PLAY

"If anyone can hear us, ere trying to get back to the fort, but we can’t get through There are thousands of zombies near the junction of 16 and 1456 They’re everywhere We had toto have to head back to the Baptist Encampment Hello? Can you hearto head back but they’re everywhere"