Chapter 12
The pavement felt harder and the sun blazed hotter after a week and a half of floors beneath her feet and a roof over her head. Aaron and Nick trudged along behind as Lareina retraced her steps from the grocery trip.
“Where do you guys want to go after Austin?” Nick’s voice crashed through her thoughts.
“There is absolutely no reason to go west, unless you want to get caught up in the water wars,” Aaron reported. “I guess I’ll keep going north to Dallas. Try to find work.”
Her plans shifted like a teeter-totter inside her head. She wanted to stay in a city where she knew she could always find food. She wanted to leave Texas. She never wanted to see Galloway again. She didn’t want to walk all the way to Nebraska, but her memory always carried her to that little town with a pa
