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They took two of the picnic tables and set the of the lodge With that, ere essentially closed off fro while

We all ate supper quickly, without really saying anything The day had exhausted us According to Boden’s calculations based on the map, alked nearly fortyhow much alked the day before, and the day before that

Stella hadn’t walked asasleep while she was trying to eat Bishopsome of her clothes for a pillow and blanket

Shortly after that, everyone else started hunkering down for the night lay laid next to Stella, and Bishop, Teddy, and Serg were asleep pretty quickly

Boden, Daniels, Nolita, and I stayed up, sitting around the fire in a seain tonight, although I didn’t really feel like we needed it After the nightet to sleep, not until I would pass out cold, too deep asleep to moan or make a sound

I’ up, but they sat awfully close to one another Nolita had packed a thin army blanket with her, and they shared the one blanket between the two of them It rapped over their shoulders like a shawl, and she rested her head on his shoulder

They’d been doing that kind of stuff all day Every ti soross

And I say that not just because I had feelings of revulsion for Daniels So It felt wrong to fall in love when people were dying all around you

That’s part of the reason I’d refused to feel anything for Lazlo for so long That and because of how things had turned out We’d been separated, the way I’d always knoould, and one or both of us would probably end up dead soon

When I thought of hi The best way to do that would be not to think about hier until we hit Canada, do you think?" I asked

"A week" Boden shrugged "It depends on how fast we go Maybe a week longer until we’re far enough north for the zoed with his hands held out toward the fire, wars out, and with my arms propped beside me It put too much pressure on my abdomen when I sat up normally When I put my hand over my shirt, the incision felt swollen and war us?" I asked

"They definitely are," Daniels said "That’s what I was saying at the quarantine They’re following people wherever they go"

"They won’t find us here, will they?" Nolita asked, her Southern accent sounding alarmed