Black Feathers
“Eyes slit against the light, Cassie looked up at the voice.
“You must be freezing.”
She nodded slightly up at the shadow, the man who had stopped the last couple of days. What was his name again?
“Cliff,” he said, fumblingly extending his hand in what must have been a reflexive action. “Cliff Wolcott.”
“I remember,” Cassie whispered.
“That’s—” Looking down at Cassie, curled into a tiny ball, her knees pulled tight to her chest, her arms wrapped tight around her legs, he lowered his hand. “I’m s...orry,” he said. “Isn’t there—”
She knew how the sentence ended; it was the same question she had been asking herself for hours: Wasn’t there someplace she could go?
She had thought about it from the moment she had woken to the police attacking the camp, and she wasn’t any closer to an answer.
She had walked all night, hunched over against the wind, arms tightly wrapped around herself. There was no place for her to go: everything was closed, and what little money she had was lost in her backpack.MoreLess
“You must be freezing.”
She nodded slightly up at the shadow, the man who had stopped the last couple of days. What was his name again?
“Cliff,” he said, fumblingly extending his hand in what must have been a reflexive action. “Cliff Wolcott.”
“I remember,” Cassie whispered.
“That’s—” Looking down at Cassie, curled into a tiny ball, her knees pulled tight to her chest, her arms wrapped tight around her legs, he lowered his hand. “I’m s...orry,” he said. “Isn’t there—”
She knew how the sentence ended; it was the same question she had been asking herself for hours: Wasn’t there someplace she could go?
She had thought about it from the moment she had woken to the police attacking the camp, and she wasn’t any closer to an answer.
She had walked all night, hunched over against the wind, arms tightly wrapped around herself. There was no place for her to go: everything was closed, and what little money she had was lost in her backpack.MoreLess
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