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The only thing I wanted more than food was access to the Internet, which Shaun provided as soon as our dinner was just ora--ould it be?--so he letout on the bed with our backs to the headboard,theup on the news
Working as a professional journalistto absorb as much information as possible in as short a time as possible, since failure to stay on top of current events could easily result in posting a story that had no relevance at all I was always a little slower than most of my contemporaries, because I was always so damn careful to check and double-check my facts before I put s--Just the Wind when I was a teenager on a provisional license, and Io full-tihts Opinions Ideas It was the articles I put on the s that neededAfter the End Ti all the way back to the day after I died Shaun’s posts from that period were a jumbled mess; half the tilish Mahir and Alaric didthe rest of the Ryn with a clinical detach I needed to know about the depth of their grief Shaun wasn’t the only one who’d been hurting And the headlines rolled on
Ry Richard Cousins as his replacement vice president! The Democratic candidate, Susan Kilburn, is so devastated by her loss that she takes her own life! Ryoes quietly crazy, while his staff scraie Garcia ood job, especially considering the circumstances Shaun cedes his position to Rebecca Atherton, letting her run the Irhile he runs deeper into the da the site into a force for the truth, doing as norance and corruption
CDC researcher Kelly Connolly is shot in a robbery gone wrong! Don Oakland is sterilized following an outbreak, resulting in the tragic death of thousands, including reporter David Novakowski! An insect vector for the Kellis-A millions more! The members of the After the End Times core team are wanted in conjunction with potential bioterrorisrieves for his wounded nation!
The CDC decides to raise the dead Someone tells a whole lot of lies, and someone else oes wrong
The effort of filtering the headlines for the truth hidden beneath them--the truth hidden between the lines, in the places where it was less likely to be seen--left ainst Shaun’s shoulder
"I couldn’t have done it," I said, closingI wouldn’t have--couldn’t have--done it I would have fallen apart"
"I did fall apart," he noted, in a tone that was al to you since Sacraht be so like that You never did do ‘alone’ very well"
"Neither did you"
"That’s why I would have killed myself by now"
Silence fell, and stretched out for alood thing I’ot out of Sacramento, huh? Which is kind of funny if you stop to think about it"
I put the laptop aside on the bed and pushedaround to look at hi about?"
"Dr Wynne died because Kelly--the Doc, that’s what I called her while she ith us--stabbed hi-tiuy soliloquy I mean, I don’t know if there’s an Evil Fucker 101 class that they all take, but between him and Tate, I’m about ready to slap the next person ants to tell me about his evil plan" Shaun’s eyes were haunted "The Doc was a good person Maybe the only good person left in the CDC I don’t know I never had tiory and Dr Kimberley, both of whoht," I adood as said that whoever shot you wasn’t ai for you The needle was supposed to be mine" He brushed my hair away from my cheek "You were supposed to shootbad guy speech, and you’d think it was over, because you believed in black and white"
My stomach felt like a solid ball of pain "They kne to beat us"
"Yeah But the cold equations fked the half of the equation, and I’ve been kicking them in the ass ever since For you" He looked at hed, folding my hand over his before I scooted closer "I know"
Soer, and the "do not disturb" light had been lit on the door--we slept, both sprawled on top of the covers Shaun kept one ar like he was afraid I’d vanish before he woke up I’ve never been the world’s cuddliest person, and that didn’t seeed, but for once, I didn’tI was back in CDC custody was okay by me