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“The fish,” Orsay whispered urgently “Do you have it with you?”

Bug drew a Ziploc bag out of the pocket of his hoodie Inside hite, crued for it, tore the packet open with tre her

She didn’t stop until she had turned the bag inside out and licked the plastic clean “Do you have any ed

“First, you do your thing Then we go back to town and talk”

“We’re doing this for the Perdido Beach kids?” Orsay asked

Bug snorted “We’re doing this for whoever gives us the best offer Right now, Saets hold of us, soht?”

“I’ way,” Orsay said

“We only have to get as far as the highway A guy will be there with a car”

THIRTY-FOUR

06 HOURS, 3 MINUTES

EDILIO DROVE THE creepy littlewith hi to do this Mostly he wanted to stay in town Nightfall could bring trouble And Sa like Sam

Sa to Quinn and Albert’s confession last night

And then, thistold his story It was every kind of bad news rolled into one shamefaced confession after another, and Sam had just stared Fortunately Astrid had stepped up

Sam, Edilio, Brianna, Taylor, Quinn, Albert, Astrid—the seven of theroveled and whined

Then, Astrid read Lana’s letter