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Then, too, there were the coyotes Edilio kept an eye out for them

They were closing in on the hills There was the fold formed by a spur, just like Caine had shown on the

There was a bad look about the place The shadows seemed deeper than they should be for the middle of the day

“I’m not crazy about this,” he said to no one

“Do you have family?” Orsay asked

The question surprised Edilio People tended to avoid talking about family No one knehat had happened to the families “Sure”

“When I’m scared I try to think about my dad,” Orsay said

“Notsaid

“Not your mom?” Edilio asked

“No”

“Because me, I think about my mom In my mind, you know, she’s like beautiful I ht? But in here,” Edilio tapped his head “In here she’s beautiful” He tapped his chest “In here, too”

They rounded the end of the rocky spur and there, in pitiless sunlight, a ghost town lay revealed

Edilio put on the brakes

“That look like what Caine told you?” he asked Bug

Bug nodded