Nick looked beyond her at Teddy, who had lit a cigarette and was silhouetted against a cloud of smoke; saw his broad back twitch as an outsized fly harassed him.
“And we know the power has already failed; which means—if the situation persists—those dairy cows are it; they’re our only food source—beyond what we can find in the cupboards, that is. And we know we’ve got three bullets left—because Nick and I already searched the house and have found nothing. So. What we’ve got, I guess, is precious little—mysteries within mysteries.” She handed Nick the piece of paper she’d been studying. “This, for example.”
He looked down at it:
HAVE YOU SEEN ME?
KATRICE LEE
Aged 12 4’9” 70 lbs.
Brown hair, brown eyes
Last seen wearing jeans,
blue shirt, white sunhat
Any information call:
509-701
