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"Where are we?" I pulled myself back up into the seat "Where are the others?"
Chubs sat in one of thehis time between the book in his lap and the world of trees just outside the tinted carIto see
"Soinia Lee and Suzu out," he said
I had leaned forithout realizing it, trying to see what he was reading It’d been years since I’d even seen a book, let alone read froh The moment my shoulder brushed his, he snapped the book shut and turned to give me the nastiest stink eye he could e of his little fancy lady kit under the front seat, I reminded myself there was a distinct possibility he was capable of killingdid I sleep?"
"A day," Chubs said "The general wants you up and ready to report to duty He’s in one of his go-go-goyou to help"
I choselook on his face Let him think that if it made him feel better He was smarter; there was no debate about that He probably had years of education on h math to actually be useful But as s the fact that all it would take is one touch, and I could have read hian "Are you and Zu both Blue, too?"
"No" He frowned, and it took him several moments to decide whether or not to reveal his next bit of inforhter "You had Yellows at your carunted "No Green, I just lied to you--yes, we had Yellows"
But that didn’t make sense--after all, if they took the Yellows out of Thurmond, ouldn’t they have taken thean, unsure of how to ask this When she first pulled ht she was just shy and skittish around strangers But I hadn’t heard her utter a single word in the entire time I had been with them Not toto the Yellows? To her?"
The only way the van’s atmosphere could have electrified faster was if I had thrown a live wire into a full bathtub
Chubs turned towardthelasses would have turned a weaker soul to stone
"That," he said slowly--precisely, I thought, to make sure I understood, "is absolutely none of your business"
I held upabout what could happen to her when you followed her?" he pressed on "Do you even care that your friends in the green SUV would have gladly scooped her up?"
"The people in the green SUV--" I began, and would have finished, had the door not suddenly rolled open behind us Chubs let out a noise that could only be described as a squawk and just about flew into the front passenger seat By the time he had settled himself down, his eyes were al hi his chest "Give us a little warning, will you?"