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“Thanks,” Emily said “I will”

“Hey, Bassuy walked away

“What is it, Bennett?”

“Maybe you’re not such an asshole after all,” I said

He sed

“Just don’t let it get around,” he said

CHAPTER 68

IT WAS HOT WHEN they woke that , and even hotter now at eleven as they went across the scrubby, grass-filled field under the pitiless sun

Brian Bennett slapped at aneck Man, he was starting to hate the country The biggest lie in the world was how nature was supposed to be so invigorating and healthy If there was one thing that he had learned out here, it was that nature was nothing but hot, dirty, s beyond the realm of human tolerance

“Shit!” Brian yelled as the horsefly stung hiain

“Cursin’ now, Brian? Saints preserve us!” Eddie said,Seamus’s Irish accent to a tee

Brian turned around to catch Eddie s out of his nose frootten about a quarter mile from the house

Brian laughed despite himself You had to hand it to the kid He just kept at it 24-7 Jabbering, doing funny voices, s—hi A fool, Brian thought That’s what he is My brother Eddie, the fool And he meant it in the best way possible

“Quick question,” Ricky said fro the earth like a band of postapocalyptic no bro, but this Bataan death trek is quickly starting to teeter into the suck category”

“You can go back any tioes for you, too, Eddie I never asked you to follow uys do”