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"Holy shit," she said "I’ your little neck I’h the Mess one last tilers," Harry said "Mac, John, and I will bring up the rear"

"See you at the meet point," Liam said "Ruby, let me carry you, please--"

"I have to walk" My throat ached, the words co out in a croak "Can you help rip when Vida stopped hiht "Whatever you want, as long it htress was slow and aard through theinto the rush of kids ate that was bloide open

It rained the day they brought us to Thurmond

And it rained the day I walked out

I kneas in trouble when I couldn’t shake the cold Couldn’t stop tre the kids ahead of us, the black unifor lanced over at Liam, and our pace quickened

"Hurts," I whispered

"Do you want to stop? Rest?" Vida asked "Is it your leg?"

I shook "

To fill the silence, or to distract ave me the number to contact Harry, to tell himaboutabout Cole She told me how to find hione straight back, that I wanted to But by the tione Chubs was beside hiether for the crazy-ass Grays They did this broadcast, hi or particularly able to go into detail at that moment

"How did younever mind, it doesn’t matter," Liam said "You tell me later, when this is over and done with"

"Cole" I started to say, rief "Later, okay? It’s not too much farther We had to set the meet point nearby--too many kids to drive out I wish you could have seen it--Aave thens--they bombarded the world with the truth"