The question was, would Charlotte allow it? Would anyone allow it? For if any one person decided to join him, it would lead to a moment of doubt and confusion and lost time that he felt certain they could not survive. And so he would have to be certain of his own conviction most of all, and after that he would have to be certain that no one would even notice he was gone—until it was too late. Until there was nothing any of them could do but use the time he had given them to keep running and to survive. To link up with Lonny outside the service tunnel—if he was still alive—and make tracks for the Wagon Train.
To ensure, it was his hope, that his sacrifice would not end up being in vain.
VII | Generation Zero
Red was about to try it, to try dropping back so that he was bringing up the rea
