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Marc got out and opened the hood, nodding at her as he stepped over broken glass and piles offrom under the hood of his Blazer, and Marc turned around to tell her to stand watch, only to find her already doing it, Dog pacing a wide perimeter around them both There was better color in her face, but her , and he tried to hurry

Angela ignored the bodies she could she see - an old wo boy, and three adult males, their corpses riddled with bullet holes - and sent her eyes over the traffic and trees, the distant outline of yet another dead Aravel crunched under their feet, and though she saw nohere, not even the bluesterass Illinois was famous for

Marc broke the plastic end off of his screwdriver and held the flat part against the top of the 6' x 3' white water tank Using only two sure hits, he drove theout around the tool, and Marc grabbed the jugs as Dog helped himself to a drink

"Are those recent prints?"

Marc looked away fron in the lot's main office that wished them a "erry mas & no year" and eyed the deep ruts

"Yeah You can tell froed 'em much yet A day old at the most, probably only a few hours with the way this wind is blowing"

He frowned, noticing more tire tracks nearby "Movin' fast too, or they'd have taken the water Keep your eyes open"

Angie helped him collect the valuable liquid, and a few minutes later, Marc waved a hand at the raised hood "Fill me up Just like yesterday"

Angela was still a little self-conscious, though proud that she had learned so As she finished, she wished it were ether for three weeks, and she had spentto the daily traveling A third of their journey was over, and she wasn't anywhere near ready to face Kenny

"Can we do so Marc's freshly shaven face and sexy black hair more than she would admit to They'd had to spend nearly five days at the cabin, waiting for the rain to come and melt the snow drifts so they could drive, and as a result, he had only gotten to show her basic gun care and hand positioning