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“Listen You won’t ever tell anyone…”

“No But, Sam…”

“Please don’t tell me it’s okay,” Sam said “Don’t be nice to me anymore Don’t even tell ain”

“Okay”

Sah Then another Then, “Okay Okay Tell me what’s in Lana’s letter”

THIRTY-THREE

07 HOURS, 58 MINUTES

HUNTER WAS HUNGRIER than he would have thought possible He’d been hungry for a long ti on the slimy, tasteless, awful stuff they handed out at Ralph’s Three cans of goo a day That’s what kids called it Only so harsher

But noas far beyond that Now the days of three cans of goo seeood old days

After leaving Duck he’d been spotted and chased by Zil’s friends He’d barely escaped And in order to get away, he’d had to go the one direction they didn’t expect: out of town

He had crossed the highway Running, scared, feeling he was being chased even when he wasn’t Feeling like at any ht catch him And then…and he didn’t want to think too hard about what came then

It seemed so crazy So i, but they had shared a house They had been buddies Not close, but buddies Guys ould chill and watch a gairls or whatever Zil and him and Harry and…

And of course that was the problem: Harry

He hadn’t meant to hurt Harry It wasn’t really his fault Was it?

Was it?