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He studied riood way"

"Whatever you say, ain and went around In a h with his report "Looks like she has a broken leg She tried to splint it, but it looks bad"

"Darene by now" I scanned the area for anything I ht use to aid in ht helped, but the only thing available was dirt And rocks "Do you think I can et her out I don’t kno long that ceiling is going to hold"

"I think you better try, then, lanced around the cave "Maybe you could brace that beaainst it?"

"I’d probably just knock ain "How’s the other side look?"

"The ceiling is solid" He disappeared and reappeared again "The beams on that side are sturdy"

Teresa was so weak I could barely feel her now Rocket said to hurry when he’d popped into Misery two days prior, and hurry I would I scraped and dug until the opening was big enough for h With phone in hand, I crawled oncontinuously, so my hair was pretty much a solid ball of muck

Garrett would’ve come in handy about now I shouldn’t have ditched him Or tossed his phone into a pond

As I scaled the mountain of debris, I reached down for Teresa’s hand She ot help coet you out of here if that is at all possible"

She squinted against the light co from the phone, but it allowed me to check her pupils They constricted perfectly She had the saly blue eyes She was thin and pale, but that could be the circu and cli down the incline, Hardy appeared behind ht toward a backpack that had apparently been full of supplies, water, basic ear She’d splinted her leg with the aluirl Apparently, she’d been exploring when the ceiling gave

Noas really confused Dr Yost was guilty--I’d felt it--but of what? Sabotaging the uilty of?

"Have you thrown up, Teresa?"

She shook her head "No concussion," she said, her voice hoarse and whispery She could barely lift her head "Just a broken leg"

I felt her skin Warm, but not overly so Hopefully, the flow of blood to her foot hadn’t been blocked and she didn’t have gangrene

"I don’t knoto hold Do you think you can h with my help?"

She nodded

"I have et through the opening alone It wasn’t big enough How did you find ht of being rescued seeth I could feel adrenaline coursing through her veins, raising her heartbeat

"I heard you," I said, lying as I coh her backpack "You have one more bottle of water" I took it and cli it"

"For a special occasion?" I asked, popping the seal on the cap "I could shake it up and spray it all over you, if that would be more festive"

A thin smile spread across her face as she took a sip, then handed it back to me