17STUART
FRIDAY 10 JULY – 6:23am
What happened yesterday changed everything. Nathan ’ s gone, this Dean person has revealed himself... we ’ re in the same place, facing the same issues, but it feels like nothing ’ s certain anymore. There ’ s a new urgency to everything, and I have to get to work. I ’ m up early, creeping around the house so I don ’ t wake Gabby. I think I ’ ve done it, but as I ’ m about to go outside, she startles me. She ’ s in the doorway, looking like a ghost in the low light. ‘ s**t. You scared the hell out of me, love. ’
‘ Where are you going? ’
‘ Outside. ’
‘ What for? ’
‘ To start checking the other houses. I should have done it weeks ago. ’
‘ Why now? ’
‘ I need to see if there ’ s anything worth salvaging in the other houses. ’
‘ Yeah, I get that, but w
