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So far, it o bottles of water, three potatoes, a dented can of salets half a potato," Boden explained after he’d set it all out "And you should all get soes"

Everyone sat around the food in a small circle, and I sat down next to Boden He cut the potatoes in half while Bishop opened the cans Boden handed us our potato, then Bishop started passing the cans around

Boden took three sausages then held the can out to ave ?" Boden asked, and I nodded "You can’t be serious You need more than that to survive"

"I’ll be fine," I insisted

"Suit yourself" He shrugged and passed the can to Daniels "But if you end up passing out fro you"

"I would never ask you to"

After we ate, ent upstairs to find a place to sleep As soon as the sun went down, Nolita blew out all but one candle Light attracted zos as dark as possible

The second floor was in slightly better shape than the first, but it wasn’t great Boden and Teddy pushed a huge oak dresser out of the master bedrooh all the roo for furniture to stack on top of the dresser, and ca chair and a chest

Once he was sure he’d built an adequate barricade, ent to our separate rooms to sleep There were only three bedrooms upstairs, so Teddy and Bishop shared a rooot a room with Nolita

Nolita set the small candle on a white wicker bedside table in our room There were two suessed it used to belong to a little girl The walls were papered with pink flowers marred only by a few bloody handprints

Dolls and toys were piled up in one corner Most of them were torn up, with doll’s faces smashed in The beds were unmade, but the blankets were just balled up at one end

Nolita pushed a small white dresser in front of the bedroom door after ent in When she"So the small pink ballerina spin

I picked the bed on the far side of the roo on it As soon as I sat on the bed, I pulled off my shoes My feet were blistered and bloodied, but not bad enough that I couldn’t force the, so Nolita wound it up again, staring at the music box with intense fascination

While she did that, I dropped to the floor and started doing push-ups As tired and sore as I was, I had to build up my endurance I didn’t want to depend on people for my survival – I couldn’t, actually Not if I really wanted a chance at getting to Max andit to the end of the world

"Do you remember music?" Nolita asked, her voice soft and dreamy

"Of course I remember music," I huffed between push-ups

She turned around to face etun on the dresser next to it Out of the corner ofdown to a black tank top and underwear before she slid into bed