The wind was still shoving mightily at his back, but after what seemed like eight hours of walking yesterday and at least five today, he was about to topple to the ground. "We ought to go with him," Artie said to Sister. He saw the woman's gnarled finger on the trigger. "Why'd you think the door was locked, then? This is private property" It took Sister about two more seconds to make up her mind. "You broke my screen door," a woman's voice said in the gloom. The outlines of small, blocky one-story buildings and red brick houses began to appear from the deepening scarlet gloom. He headed for the next house, further along and across the road.īut he was already moving again, heading into the edge of the dense forest. He approached one of the houses but stopped when he saw a body curled up like a question mark on the front porch steps. She held onto that Cookie Monster doll like life itself and occasionally flinched in her tormented sleep. Josh was stiff with cold, and he knew Swan must be freezing, too.
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