19STUART SUNDAY 12 JULY – 10:02am I feel much better today. Refreshed. Ready. Physical work stops me thinking about Nathan, stops me worrying about him. He ’ s been gone three days now. I half expect to find him hiding in one of these houses, though I know in my heart that he ’ s long gone by now. Wish he hadn ’ t done it. Wish he hadn ’ t gone. I found a good haul in the first house I cleared out this morning. Stacks of stuff. Some tins of food and other stuff that ’ s in date... packet mixes, jars of sauces, that kind of thing. Should last us for a few days, and I reckon if I can squeeze a few days out of each couple of houses, then that should keep us going for a couple more months. Gabby keeps on at me, keeps asking what we ’ re going to do after that. Bloody woman ’ s getting like