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Elacqua was lying on the bed fully clothed The rooht the ave a wet snort and rolled onto his side An empty whiskey bottle stood on the floor beside the bed The hly by the shoulders "Wake up"

Elacqua, eyes still closed, batted clumsily at Caleb’s hand "Leave me alone," he ether"

His tongue moved heavily in his mouth "You…bitch"

Caleb had a sense of what had occurred Cast out from his marital bed, the man had anesthetized hi Perhaps he’d been drunk to begin with and that hy his wife had sent hi In either case, Caleb practically envied him; the disaster had passed him by How had the virals missed him? Maybe he just smelled too bad; et drunk and stay that way

He shook Elacqua again The man’s eyes fluttered open They roa on Caleb’s face

"Who the hell are you?"

There was no point in atteone "Dr Elacqua, look at ht have been asking him the most incomprehensible question in the world "Keys?"

"Yes, the keys Where are they?"

His eyes lost focus; he closed the into the pillow Caleb realized there was one place he hadn’t looked Theto be done about that Caleb patted him down At the base of thesharp He slid his hand in and pulled it out: a single key, tarnished with age, on a shts were broken by the roar of engines co down the street Caleb went to theSara and the others aving frantically toward the source of the sound, yelling, "Hey! Over here!"

Caleb stepped onto the porch as the trucks, three Army five-tons, halted in front of the house A broad-chested man in uniforar

"Caleb Thank God"

They shook Hollis and Sara had joined theroup over "Is this all of you?"