I wanted to be as far as possible from the...
I wanted to be as far as possible from the two
men following usJamie walked somewhere in the middle, not sure of where he wanted to be
I wasn't able to concentrate much on the rest of Jeb's tourMy attention was not focused on the
second set of gardens he led me through–one with corn growing waist-high in the blistering
heat of the brilliant mirrors–or the wide but low-ceilinged cavern he called the “rec room That
one was pitch-black and deep underground, but he told me they brought in lights when they
wanted to playThe wordplay didn't make sense to me, not here in this group of tense, angry
survivors, but I didn't ask him to explainThere was more water here, a tiny, noxiously sulfurous
spring that Jeb said they sometimes used as a second latrine because it was no good fake rolex watches women for drinking
My attention was divided between the men walking behind us and the boy at my side
Ian and the doctor did mind their manners surprisingly wellNo one attacked me from
behind–though I thought my eyes might get lodged in the back of my head from trying to see if
they were about toThey just followed quietly, sometimes talking to each other in low voices
Their comments revolved around names I didn't know and nicknames for places and things that
might or might not have been inside these cavesI couldn't understand any of it
Jamie said nothing, but he looked at me a lotWhen I wasn't trying to keep an eye on the
others, I was often peeking at him, tooThis left little time to admire the things Jeb showed me,
but he didn't seem to notice my preoccupations
Some of the tunnels mulberry bags were very long–the distances hidden beneath the ground here were
mind-bogglingOften they were pitch-black, but Jeb and the others never so much as paused,
clearly familiar with their whereabouts and long since accustomed to traveling in darknessIt
was harder for me than it was when Jeb and I were aloneIn the dark, every noise sounded like
an attackEven the doctor's and Ian's casual chatter seemed like a cover for some nefarious
move
Paranoid,Melanie commented
If that's what it takes to keep us alive, so be it
I wish you would pay more attention to Uncle Jeb
Do what you want with your time
I can only hear and see what you hear and see, Wanderer,she told meThen she changed the
subjectamie looks okay, don't you think? Not too unhappy
We were just coming into some light after rolex ladies the longest trek so far in the humid blackness
“This here is the southernmost spur of the tube system,” Jeb explained as we walked“Not
super convenient, but it gets good light all day longThat's why we made it the hospital wing
This is where Doc does his thing
The moment Jeb announced where we were, my body froze and my joints locked; I skidded to a
halt, my feet planted against the rock floorMy eyes, wide with terror, flickered between Jeb's
face and the face of the doctor
Had this all been a ruse, then? Wait for stubborn Jared to be out of the picture and then lure me
back here? I couldn't believe I'd walked to this place under my own powerHow stupid I was!
Melanie was just as aghaste might as well have gift-wrapped ourselves for them!
They stared back at me, Jeb coco chanel earrings expressionless, the doctor looking as surprised as I felt–though not
as horrified
I would have flinched, ripped myself away from the touch of a hand on my arm, if the hand had
not been so familiar
“No,” Jamie said, his hand hesitantly resting just below my elbowRight,
Uncle Jeb?” Jamie looked trustingly at the old man“It's okay, right?”
“Sure it is Jeb's faded blue eyes were calm and clear“Just showing you my place, kid, that's
all
“What are you talking about?” Ian grumbled from behind us, sounding annoyed that he didn't
understand
“Did you think we brought you here on purpose, for Doc?” Jamie said to me instead of
answering Ian“Because we wouldn't do that
I stared at his earnest face, trying to believe
“Oh!” Ian said as he understood, and then he laughed“That wasn't a bad discount louis vuitton pl