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Eve had seen the truth about Walt, had known the kind of man he was, and she would have never had contact with her mother or Walt--Walt wouldn’t have allowed it--if it hadn’t been for Travis’s phone call to Eve His plea for help and his suspicions concerning Walt and his intentions toward Cammie Suspicions that Eve took very seriously, because she knew
She should have taken ht out their escape better But she’d been too desperate to reerous situation to take the ti
"We’ll stop in Meh for me to pawn it," she said "Then we’ll take another bus into Mississippi We’ll need a place to live Somewhere that Caet better Have good food to eat and a dry place to sleep"
On cue, raindrops sounded on the tin roof and Eve glanced up, grio make sure Cammie stays dry, okay?"
Travis exited the tiny bedroo their belongings into the suitcase
When she was done, she dragged the full suitcase into the living rooan packing the food that Donovan had brought over The roof had already started leaking and s on the floor Hopefully the rain wouldn’t last long and they could leave as soon as possible
A loud boo the entire trailer Caaze flehere Travis was holding Cammie on the couch, his arms wrapped around her to shield her fro flashes illuminated the dark interior of the trailer before the thunder sounded again, right on their heels
"I’ voice
Her thumb slid into her ht, darling," Eve said with a s hurt you"
Thunderstor new The entire teeks they’d lived here, they’d had many afternoon storms By the time the trailer dried out fro the interior musty and dank from mold and mildew
They had to find a better place to live For Ca conditions It only hardened Eve’s resolve to pawn her mother’s jewelry so they could afford better accoinning Only fear of discovery had prevented her from the desperate act
But now she realized she should have pawned it much earlier When they were still on the West Coast That way there would be nothing pointing Walt--or the police--in their direction Live and learn It wasn’t as if she was an expert on being a fugitive She’d pawn it in Memphis and then relocate to Mississippi as fast as possible and as far away as possible fro the food, cra possible inside the suitcase Then she took one of the bottles of Pedialyte and one of the snacks she’d left out for Cammie over to the couch
She sat next to Travis, who had Caainst his chest
"Are you hungry?" Eve asked "You should probably try to get so to eat before we leave"
Cammie’s thumb slid farther into her oing, Evie?"
Eve slid a reassuring hand down Caed it frorasp and put it to Cammie’s lips for her to drink
"I think toward Jackson It et there, but once there, we can buy bus tickets to Meet to Memphis, I’ll sell Mom’s jewelry so we can afford a nicer place to live and bus tickets to the next place The next few days will be the hardest, but if we stick together, we can do anything"
Travis smiled at Eve’s statement, and even Cammie nodded solemnly Eve smiled back and then extended her hand, palm down, in front of Travis and Cammie Travis slid his hand over Eve’s and then Cammie put her free hand on top Then Eve put her hand over Ca hers and Travis’s between Eve’s It was a gesture of solidarity that had becoun it as a way to reassure Cammie that they were faether," Travis said quietly
"Together," Caether, won’t we, Evie?"
Eve reached for Caed her close, giving her a squeeze "Yes, darling We’ll always be together I proer sister so But if intent counted for anything, then they’d be together forever Safe Away from their father
"I want you to pro," Eve said in a serious voice She stared over at Travis and then down at Ca," Travis said
Careement
The words knotted in Eve’s throat She didn’t even want to contemplate what she was about to say, but it had to be considered And she wanted to make certain that Travis and Cammie knehat to do if the worst happened
"If so happens to id in Eve’s ar her baby sister But she couldn’t afford not to prepare for the worst-case scenario Travis’s and Cam If so happens to me If the police find me or if your father discovers us, you have to proo with Travis and do what he tells you to"
Her gaze lifted to Travis to see the tor could very well co happens to me, you take Cammie and you run Stay on the move Do not worry about me"
"I can’t do that, Evie," Travis said hoarsely "You’d never leave us We can’t leave you"