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Lia All of it? I thought of how his jacket had felt againstcaluess," I said "And Greens aren’t as affected as Blues and the others" I remembered to add this A truth and a lie

Liam offered to trade seats as soon as his face lost that faan to return to his cheeks The kid deserved a round of applause for hoell he was hiding the tres fronized the nasty after-bites of the White Noise as the old friends they were He needed a few more minutes

"Come on," he said as the dashboard clock clicked off another minute "You’ve done…" His voice trailed off

I looked down at hi at me--or, more accurately, aze to the road, I felt so and jerked away

"Ah--sorry," Lia his hand back I watched the tips of his ears go a bright cherry red "It’s just--you’re all cut up Please, can we stop for a second? We should regroup Figure out where we are"

But I didn’t want to just pull over alongside some random stretch of fence and pasture; I waited until we had found an old rest stop, complete with its red-brick colonial-style finish, and turned the van off the road and into the deserted parking lot

Chubs took the opportunity to try to eround but acco Liam stood and patted his back "Will you help Ruby when you’re done?"

Chubs ht have hated nized I had played soh, only crossed his arh

"Thanks," Liam said "You’re the best, Mother Teresa"

He went out the sliding door behind my seat and made a beeline for the small cluster of silver water fountains that stood between hi across the distance with a pink duffel bag in hand By the time I turned h to start poking and prodding er brushed hts and it snapped on at his command I finally saw that the skin from my elbon to my wrist had been rubbed raw by the road

"Turn toward th he had left in hirow a beard"

I twisted er seat Unsurprisingly, they looked just about as pretty asover in places, but aside fro to do with the attack, they were in much better shape than my hands

Chubs pulled what looked like a briefcase out from under his seat and popped the clasps on it open I was only able to sneak a quick glance inside before he pulled out four white square packets and shut it again

"God, how did you even e to do this?" he muttered as he ripped the first one open I slowered atto make yourself at home, could you at least try to take better care of yourself? It’s hard enough as it is to keep the other two in one piece without you flinging yourself at danger, too"