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smile.
    “Thank you. I can’t begin to tell you how much we appreciate it.”
    Sergio glanced at Juan as they relished in the accolades.
    Joey held Evelyn in the sling with one arm and a gun in the other. He better not even think of firing it near Evelyn. She glared from his gun to him, but he didn’t catch the warning. They all entered the hotel lobby.
    “Pretty nice,” Lucas said, admiring the wood coffered ceiling. He jumped over the back of a couch and landed on the front, draping his arm over the back.
    “I just can’t wait to sit down and put my feet up,” Julie said, holding her ever-growing stomach.
    “You want me to take her?” Poly asked and looked at Evelyn and then to Joey’s gun.
    “Nah, I got her,” Joey said.
    Edith walked in behind them. “There are a couple of rooms up top. Good place for a family to spend the day.”
    “Thanks,” Joey said.
    Edith walked to Joey and pulled Evelyn from him; he didn’t resist. Walking to the stairs and pointing his gun, he looked back at them.
    Poly sighed and walked behind Joey. She was happy to have Evelyn away from his gun, but why did he give her to Edith when he’d denied her a moment ago?
    “Poly, you take the left, I’ll take the right,” Joey said.
    “You guys need to relax,” Lucas called out. “Our mutant peeps cleared it.”
    “Like they cleared the hut yesterday?” Poly spoke up. The incident still freaked her out. They’d just entered the hut, when a grinner came lunging at Joey and Evelyn. Thank goodness Lucas had been there with his Prudence.
    Lucas huffed. “Fine.” He got off the couch. “I’ll take lead.” He rushed past Joey and Poly up the stairs.
    “What an idiot.” Julie rolled her eyes.
    “You married him. He’s your idiot now,” Joey said before running up the stairs after him.
    “That he is,” she whispered.
    Poly stayed below with Julie. “How are you doing?”
    “This sucks. I can’t wait for our plan to be over. I can’t wait for it all to be over.” She looked at the ceiling and followed the sounds of stomping feet. “It’s so stupid what I fantasize about now.”
    “Clean sheets?”
    “No, nothing material. You know, all I really want is a place to call home again. You remember that feeling when you got home from school, went to your bedroom, and just fell on your own bed? Not a fear in the world?”
    “Yes.”
    “That’s what I fantasize about. Not for me, but for . . .” Julie pointed to her stomach.
    Poly thought about the long-term effects of keeping Evelyn in such a horrible environment. She was just a baby, yet she saw her soaking in everything around her. For Evelyn, running and grinners were the norm. “What do you think, boy or girl?” she asked.
    “I don’t know, I have a feeling it’s a boy.”
    “Thought of a name yet?” It had become a major discussion point and Lucas played it up with as many ridiculous names as he could think of, from Felalfull to Gerridity. He also announced each of them with a finality that drove Julie crazy.
    Julie looked to the ceiling and her bottom lip quivered before she covered it with her hand. “No.” She sniffled and turned from Poly. “Sorry,” she said and broke into a cry.
    “Julie, what is it?” Poly rubbed her arm.
    “I don’t want to have this child in this world. I want to be at a hospital . . . with an epidural. I want nurses and doctors, and those little juice cups.” She took deep breaths and tried to collect herself. She glanced at Poly and let out a small laugh. “Stupid pregnancy hormones.”
    “No matter what, we’ll be here with you.”
    “You think what we’re doing is going to work?” Julie asked.
    “It has to.”
     
     
    MINTER LOOKED AT THE NUMBER texted to his phone from an unknown number. He held it up so Rick could read it.
    “Yep, it’s time.” Rick nodded, looking at the numbers on the phone.
    Minter cranked over the Mustang and shifted into drive. He peeled out on the dirt shoulder and let the tires grip