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One of the shops had a “help wanted” sign, so I grabbed an application to go along with et a job since I still had plenty of h saved that if I had to bug out I could If I didn’t get the job, I wasn’t going to stress it, but I hoped I did It wouldto do within

When I got hoot a call to set up the interview in a few days, and I settled into decorating the house Once the furniture arrived, I ordered another pizza fro I could deal with a few extra stress pounds if I had to I was sure I’d work the Or shoveling snow, if the weather forecast in the newspaper was right

I set up the television and connected it to the satellite that was already attached to the house A phone call later and I had internet and cable It was almost home

I just missed Sammi

We had texted a few tih I hadn’t really updated heron I wanted her to have some time to monitor her phone lines and the people near her to see if she was being watched Her dad was still “in the business” and would notice if soh tierous or not

“Hey, Des,” Sah-pitched voice She was the happiest person who I had ever y I tended to be sarcastic and too sassy for ood Sammi evened me out

“Sa the last vowel “I miss you”

“I miss you too, lovey,” she said “Are you safe? Can you tell me where you are?”

“I don’t know Have you guys noticed anything strange?”

“Dad said nothing new, and everyone’s on super-high alert They’re all worried about you, but they get why you would leave”

“Good,” I said “I think I should probably just keep my location secret for now Until I know you would be safe”

“Fine,” Saerated whine “Are you at least somewhere cool?”

“Not cool by your terms,” I said “Mountains h, just slow”

“Ugh I couldn’t i upstate for the weekends”