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Listless sleep Bathrooe back to bed Listless sleep―without any more of the memory-dreams he’d experienced It becahts of Teresa, her harsh words to hihtened the prospect of death, even if only a little She’d been the only thing he could grasp for hope after the Maze and Chuck’s death And now she was gone, there was no food, and three long days had passed

Hunger Misery

He’d quit bothering to look at his watch―it onlyit’d been since he’d eaten―but he thought it was roughlysound abruptly began fro out there, knew he should get up and go check it out But hisinto another one of those hazy half-naps, the world around hiain

He told hiet up

He fell asleep instead

"Thomas"

It was Minho’s voice Weak, but stronger than it had been the last time he’d heard it

"Thomas Dude, wake up"

Thomas opened his eyes, as were blurry for a second, and at first he didn’t believe that what he thought was just a few inches froe sharpened, and the red roundness of it, with flecks of green scattered across its shiny surface,on heaven itself

An apple

"Where’d you " He didn’t bother to finish, those tords alone sapping his strength

"Just eat it," Minho said, followed by a wet crunch

Tho on his own apple Then, drawing the last rey from somewhere deep inside hirabbed the fruit lying on the bed He lifted it to his mouth and took a s

Moaning, he attacked the rest of it and had eaten down to its stumpy core before Minho had even finished his―despite the head start

"Slim yourself nice and calm," Minho said "Eat like that and you’ll just throw it right back up Here’s another one―try slowing down this time"

He handed a second apple to Tho bite As he chewed, resolving to s before stuffing another chunk in his mouth, he realized he could actually feel the first traces of energy trickling through his body

"This is so good," he ood"

"You still sound like an idiot when you use Glader words," Minho responded before taking another bite of his apple

Thonored him "Where’d these co, then resu withso else Shanks who found it all clai had been there, but whatever, I don’t care"

Thos off the bed and sat up "What else did they find?"

Minho took a bite, then nodded toward the door "Go look for yourself"

Thomas rolled his eyes and slowly stood up The miserable weakness was still there, like ht out and all he had left were a few bones and tendons to hold hi even after a few seconds that he was already better than the last ti, lifeless trek to the bathrooht he had his balance, he walked over to the door and entered the common area Only three days before, the room had been filled with dead bodies―noas croith Gladers picking things off a big pile of food that had seeetables, sistered this when an even ht his attention He reached out to steady hie wooden desk had been placed opposite the door to the other dorm room

Behind the desk, a thin man in a white suit sat in a chair, his feet propped up and crossed at the ankles

Thea book

CHAPTER 10

Tho at theIt was as if he’d been reading that way and in that very spot every day for his whole life Thin black hair cohtly to the right; and shifty brown eyes darting back and forth as he read―the man somehow looked relaxed and nervous at the same time

And the white suit Pants, shirt, tie, coat Socks Shoes All white

What in the world?

Tho on fruit and a snack fro that looked like a mixture of nuts and seeds They seeuy?" Thomas called out to no one in particular

One of the boys looked up, stopped chewing for a second Then he quickly finished off hisTold us we had to wait till he’s ready" The boy shrugged as if that wasn’t a big deal and took another bite of a peeled orange

Tho there, still reading He turned a page with a whispery scrape and continued scanning the words

Baffled, and with a sto for more food, Thomas still couldn’t help but walk toward the s to wake up to