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Zu raised an eyebrow in ht back at her After a an waving us outside, her bright, sunny-color glove flashing

Chubs unbuckled his seat belt with an aggravated sigh "I told hiinia" He turned his gaze back toward me "By the way," he added, "that SUV was tan That’s soraphic memory you have"

An excuse leaped tolook, and slammed the door behind him

I jumped out of the van and followed Zu As rass, I hadback like someone had nearly run it over, said EAST RIVER CAMPING GROUNDS, but there was no river, and it certainly wasn’t your typical ca, it was--or once was--an old trailer and RV park

The farther alked fro, but my skin felt clammy and cold to the touch All around us, as far as my eyes could see, were the burned-out silver and white husks of forer, more permanent trailers had entire walls ripped or charred away, revealing kitchens and living rooed and infested with ani leaves frorave of past lives

Even though screen doors had been ripped off or warped, even though some RVs knelt on whatever tires had been slashed, there were still signs of life all around Walls were decorated with pictures of happy and s ti set rerounds

Zu and I navigated around an RV that was now on its side, following a path of deep footsteps in the mud I took one look at the RV’s rusted bones and iloves She looked up atlook, but I only shook my head and said, "Spooky"

When the rain ca a few of the weaker roofs and screens I jumped back with a yelp when a trailer’s door fell into our path Zu only jumped over it and pointed ahead, to where Chubs and Liam were locked in conversation

It had taken nize Liam Under his jacket, he wore a blue sweatshirt with the hood pulled up over what looked like a Redskins hat I had no idea where he lasses obscured a good portion of his face from view

"--isn’t it," Chubs said "I told you"

"They said it was at the east edge of the state," Liainia--"

"Or they could have been screith us," Chubs finished for hi, because he jumped and turned around The moment he locked eyes with me, he scowled