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But he didn’t need to know everything that was going on with me Besides, it wasn’t as if I shut hi to protect him, too
After Blue left, Lazlo huffed about the trailer,Realizing that I had to say soet him to knock it off, I told hi place and didn’t want him to see That relieved hi nothing to be ashas filled with clothing Her long blond waves had been pulled back in a hair tie, and I demanded she share one withLazlo andafter I put my hair up in a messy bun
Most of her clothes consisted of skirts and dresses, all of which she claimed she could “fix” because she could sew Bishop had been convinced jobs involving sewing and repairing clothing would be idea for Harlow, and she actually sounded kind of thrilled about it
The clothes she picked out for Lazlo were equally attractive, of the tight tee shirt and jeans variety Not that he couldn’t pull it off, because he really could, but I hated that even in the thrift store during the end of the world, they could both stillcoot here because of excessive zoh, as Lazlo kindly pointed out, ere on an army base There had to be a pair of co new boots became her life’s mission
She went to put her clothes away in her roo them, while I set my sack in the hall closet I knew I could theoretically put them in the master bedroom, but I still wasn’t ready for the conversation about sleeping arrangeray sweats in favor of brown pants and a white thermal shirt
After she had finished, Harlow said we should head down to lunch Since Lazlo and I had no idea where ere going, we followed her I’h the maze of trailers As alked, it becaovernment had planned for a lot more survivors than there actually were
We walked on a dirt trail ast the more inhabited homes, and some of them really did look like hoarden by the front steps, with a bent Radio Flyer filled with rocks sitting next to it
In the , a child had colored and cut out pictures of the sun and rainbows and taped the them People were really alive here, and I couldn’t help the excited, warrowl interrupted ht, and then it ca for Lazlo and Harlow to follow, I darted between the trailers, rushing to where I thought I’d heard her I changed direction twice, because her roars echoed off the trailers, throwing ht on my trail, which led ht Normally, I could outrun the the quarantine, a heavy chain link cage had been set up I’ it had always been there, because I don’t knohere they would’ve gotten fencing just for her It wasn’t very big, s run we’d had for our collie when I was a kid Barbed wire ran along the top, in case Ripley decided to cli kids, and Ripley paced the cage back and forth, roaring unhappily
“Ripley!” I wanted to rush to her, but because of the crowd of people, I settled for walking quickly
As soon as she heard me say her name, her ears perked up, and she looked ather front paws on the fence, and swished her tail
I put h the holes, and she bowed her head, rubbing it up against them It was the first tiainst the fence, purring
They had taken the chain off fro it left on her skin, I felt guilty for not taking it off sooner