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I WAKE UP STRETCHED out on the threadbare living rooht I ache like hell, but I slept pretty well considering Our position ht, separated by height from the rest of town The apartht of early ainst the glass like so stones

Paul&039;s asleep in an ar with closed eyes, his head lolling back on his shoulders Carol&039;s curled up on the floor near his feet I get up and stretch, looking around the dull rooht for the first time The decor&039;s badly dated, and the entire apartment&039;s in a hell of a state as aresult of its owner&039;s self-iely co extent frolance at -silent TV, then pick up a fraraph that still sits on top of the set It&039;s a twenty- or thirty-year-old wedding day nizable as the ht His bride is the corpse next door

I find Keith in the kitchen with a map spread out on a sht?" he asks as I trudge toward him, eyes still full of sleep

"Fine You?"

He nods and returns his attention to thein a while," he announces "It&039;s all quiet out there for now"

I look down at theto work out the best route to Lizzie&039;s sister&039;s house The sae of the enemy encampment and their exclusion zone have been drawn on this map as on the one Preston showed htly different positions on thisto this, Lizzie&039;s sister&039;s house is just inside enehly where the house is and look across at Keith

"That&039;s where we need to go"

"That&039;s where you think you need to go," he answers quickly "That&039;s where we&039;re going to try to go, but I&039; We&039;re out here to find recruits If we get your kid it&039;s a bonus"

"I know, but-"

"But nothing We&039;ll head in that direction and see how far we get"

"Is he still going on about that damn kid of his?" Carol says as she shuffles into the kitchen, bleary-eyed She drags her feet across the sticky linoleuarette of the day

"I&039;ve already told hi) to stop her froo," she tellssmoke in my direction

"No I don&039;t-"

"Yes you do What&039;s the point of looking for her? What are you going to do if you find her?"

"I just want to know that she&039;s safe I want her fighting alongside me"

"And if you don&039;t find her?"

"Then I guess I&039;ll"

"Assu she&039;s still alive, what&039;ll happen if you don&039;t find her?"

"She&039;ll just carry on fighting wherever she is"

"Exactly So what difference does it make?"

"She needs me She&039;s only five"