Residue
“That news sent a sharp pain through my chest.
“More of them are passing each day,” Jameson continued. “It’s spread to villages in other provinces.”
“Why didn’t anyone come for me?” I asked already heading for the exit, Jameson in step with me.
“Isadora is my main contact…” he replied.
My head snapped in his direction, knowing what he was implying. “She’s sick, too?”
He nodded. “I didn’t find out until last night when I made the deliveries.”
I released a moan, wondering how many we could have sa...ved if the news had only reached us.
He stepped forward to push the main entrance door open for us. “I was there all night and came straight to get you,” he admitted, acknowledging that he’d intended to break our no-interaction rule anyway.
None of that mattered at the moment. I didn’t care I was leaving school without permission or that I was doing it with a Caldwell. My only goal was to reach the village as quickly as possible.
We halted directly outside the door, staring first at the parking lot jammed with cars and then overhead, both thinking the same thing.MoreLess
“More of them are passing each day,” Jameson continued. “It’s spread to villages in other provinces.”
“Why didn’t anyone come for me?” I asked already heading for the exit, Jameson in step with me.
“Isadora is my main contact…” he replied.
My head snapped in his direction, knowing what he was implying. “She’s sick, too?”
He nodded. “I didn’t find out until last night when I made the deliveries.”
I released a moan, wondering how many we could have sa...ved if the news had only reached us.
He stepped forward to push the main entrance door open for us. “I was there all night and came straight to get you,” he admitted, acknowledging that he’d intended to break our no-interaction rule anyway.
None of that mattered at the moment. I didn’t care I was leaving school without permission or that I was doing it with a Caldwell. My only goal was to reach the village as quickly as possible.
We halted directly outside the door, staring first at the parking lot jammed with cars and then overhead, both thinking the same thing.MoreLess
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