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Es into two carrier bags and a cardboard box She did the sas Between the three of the they had was condensed into the sus and two boxes

She breathed a sigh of relief at three minutes to eleven when Carl and Michael returned The others had hardly spoken to her in all the time that the two men had been away from the community centre It was almost as if she had suddenly ceased to exist The rest of the survivors see abandoned, and E to understand why they felt that way The invitation still stood for any of them - all of them if they wanted - to leave with Michael, Carl and herself She guessed that the only thing stopping them was uncertainty and their personal and irrational fears of stepping outside the creaky wooden building Countless times in those few hours she looked up and made eye contact with other people, only for theain quickly Countless ti behind her back She knew that they were talking about her because nothing was private anymore The eerie silence inside the hall a all right?&039; she asked as Michael parked the van in front of the building and clambered out and stretched

&039;Fine,&039; he replied quietly, flashing her a quick and reassuring smile as he did so &039;You okay?&039;

She nodded

Carl walked around froot everything we need,&039; he said &039;What do you think of the transport?&039;

She nodded again and sloalked around the large family car There were seven seats inside, two at the front, two at the back and three in the middle The front two seats and the seat behind the driver&039;s were eh with supplies

As she looked through the tinted glass s it suddenly occurred to her that they were standing outside and, for the first ti a damn about what had happened to the devastated world around them They were surrounded by bodies - so - and yet today she wasn&039;t the least bit bothered Perhaps it was because they were about to leave Maybe deciding that she didn&039;t need the protection of the hall any

&039;Have any trouble while you were out there?&039; she asked, snapping herself out of her daydream

&039;Trouble?&039; Carl replied, surprised &039;What kind of trouble?&039;

She shrugged her shoulders

&039;I don&039;t know Christ, you spent thecorpses I don&039;t knohat you saw Did you&039;

Michael interrupted

&039;Nothing happened,&039; he said abruptly &039;There were plenty of bodies walking around, but nothing happened&039;

&039;Not as h,&039; Carl added

&039;That&039;s because they&039;re starting to spread out,&039; Michael grunted as he shoved their carrier bags and boxes into the back of the van

&039;Spread out?&039; said E paper effect, isn&039;t it?&039;

&039;Is it?&039;

Michael stopped and turned to face her

&039;When all this started there was a high concentration of bodies in the middle of the city, wasn&039;t there? People were at work and school, weren&039;t they?&039;

&039;Yes&039; she replied, unsure where the conversation was leading

&039;So if those of the randomly, it stands to reason that they&039;ve spread out fro paper&039;

&039;I see&039; she ht take a while, but it&039;s started and I bet that&039;s ill happen&039;

He returned his attention to loading the last two bags into the van Eh the route of his logic

&039;So,&039; she eventually continued, &039;if what you&039;re saying is right, given time there could be equal numbers of bodies all over the country?&039;

Michael thought for a moment