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&039;Carl&039;s in, isn&039;t he?&039; he asked as he pushed the door shut

Emma looked puzzled

&039;Of course he&039;s in He hasn&039;t been out of his bloody bedroo to be?&039;

He shrugged his shoulders

&039;Don&039;t know He ht I&039;d check&039;

She shook her head and leant against the hall wall The house was dark The generator hadn&039;t yet been started

&039;Take it from me,&039; she said, her voice tired and low, &039;he&039;s inside I looked up at theand saw hiain with those bloody binoculars, face pressed against the glass Christ alone knohat he was looking at&039;

&039;Do you think he&039;s all right?&039;

Ehed at Michael&039;s question It was painfully obvious to her that Carl was far froht It was equally obvious that his te more and more unsteadily each day

Michael sensed her frustration

&039;He&039;ll coh this,&039; he said optiet over everything that&039;s happened&039;

&039;Do you really think so?&039; Eht for a moment

&039;Yes why, don&039;t you?&039;

She shrugged her shoulders and disappeared into the kitchen

&039;Don&039;t know He&039;s really suffering, that much I&039;m sure about&039;

&039;We&039;ve all suffered&039;

&039;I know that Bloody hell, we&039;ve had this conversation again and again He lost more than we did You and I lived on our own He shared every second of every day with his partner and child&039;

&039;I know, but&039;

&039;But I&039;m not sure if you do I&039; I don&039;t think I ever will&039;

Michael was beginning to get annoyed and he wasn&039;t co, but no a that any of them had lost Hard as it sounded, he knew that the three of the everything and everyone that had gone

He watched as E it up in the hallway and then lit a candle and walked upstairs

Left alone in the darkness, Michael listened to the sounds of the creaking old house A strong wind had begun to blow outside and he could hear the first few spots of a heavy shower of rain hitting the kitchenIn cold isolation he thought more about Carl and, as he did, so his frustration and concern continued to increase It wasn&039;t just about Carl, he decided The well-being of each of the survivors was of paraly dangerous by the day and they couldn&039;t afford to take any chances They all needed to be pulling in the same direction in order to continue to survive For the first ti It was beginning to feel like he ith Emma and that Carl just happened to be there as well, distant and superfluous

He knew that they were going to have to pull hilass jaw He was fast beco their Achilles heel and every tierously exposed