page29 (2/2)

She ain, since the response was exactly the same

Nothing

Instead, he grabbed a paper bag fro body off the couch to follow, but before she got to the door he was back

“Your stuff” He shoved the bag into her arms

Her stuff

Nice

Her entire world was now contained in a brown paper bag

Life was good at whipping out those little ironies

Ready to cry, Lara carried the bag to the couch to set it next to her laptop

“Get some rest I’ll be back later with food”

“What? Wait” Lara hurried back across the roo distraction, but she e to pet him “You can’t leave me here alone”

“Sure, I can I leave You stay Easy”

Easy? Then as she seeing black spots dancing in front of her eyes?

“But what if those guys come? More of them?”

“They won’t” At her panicked look, he waved his free hand in a circle to indicate the cabin “The space is secure You’ll be fine”

No, she wouldn’t Not without hi up with her spinning thoughts

“But I’et breakfast, remember?”

His eyes chilled

Oops She winced

That probably wasn’t the best thing to remind him of

He pulled his arm away

“There are crackers, dry cereal, that kind of thing in the kitchen”

Lara sed hard, trying to keep froured she’d huh for one day For one lifetime, even

She grabbed her last option: bravado

“You really think I’ll stick around if you leave? C’mon, we’ve already seen how that works, haven’t we?” She made sure her sers up his arm “It won’t be nearly as easy to find me out there with all those trees, you know”