| ?No point in ignoring the truthDoesn't make it
worse to have it said out loud
It didn't make it better, either, but I didn't say thatI was beginning to enjoy myself just a little
It was so nice to have someone talk to me againJeb was, if nothing else, interesting company
?One, two, three,? he counted off, then he led me down the third hallway from the leftWe
started passing round entrances covered by a variety of makeshift doorsSome were curtained
off with patterned sheets of fabric; others had big pieces of cardboard duct-taped togetherOne
hole had two real doors?one red-painted wood, one gray metal?leaning over the opening
?Seven,? Jeb counted, and stopped in front of a smallish circle, the tallest point just a louis vuitton travel bags few
inches higher than my headThis one protected its privacy with a pretty jade green screen?the
kind that might divide the space in an elegant living roomThere was a pattern of cherry
blossoms embroidered across the silk
?This is the only space I can think of for nowThe only one that's fitted up decent for human
habitationIt will be empty for a few weeks, and we'll figure something better out for you by the
time it's needed again
He folded the screen aside, and a light that was brighter than that in the hallway greeted us
The room he revealed gave me a strange feeling of vertigo?probably because it was so much
taller than it was wideStanding inside it was like standing in a tower or a silo, not that I had
ever louis vuitton fabrics been in such places, but those were the comparisons Melanie madeThe ceiling, twice as
high as the room was wide, was a maze of cracksLike vines of light, the cracks circled around
and almost metThis seemed dangerous to me?unstableBut Jeb showed no fear of cave-ins as
he led me farther in
There was a double-sized mattress on the floor, with about a yard of space on three sides of it
The two pillows and two blankets twisted into two separate configurations on either half of the
mattress made it look as if this room housed a coupleA thick wooden pole?something like a
rake handle?was braced horizontally against the far wall at shoulder height with the ends lodged
in two of the Swiss cheese holes in the rockOver it chanel quilted bag knock off were draped a handful of T-shirts and two
pairs of jeansA wooden stool was flush with the wall beside the makeshift clothes rack, and on
the floor beneath it was a stack of worn paperback books
?Who?? I said to Jeb, whispering againThis space so obviously belonged to someone that I no
longer felt like we were alone
?Just one of the guys out on the raidWon't be back for a whileWe'll find you something by
then
I didn't like it?not the room, but the idea of staying in itThe presence of the owner was strong
despite the simple belongingsNo matter who he was, he would not be happy to have me here
Jeb seemed to read my mind?or maybe the expression on my face was clear enough that he
didn't have to?Don't worry about chanel coco handbag thatThis ismy house, and this is just one of my
many guest roomsI say who is and isn't my guestRight now, you are my guest, and I am
offering you this room
I still didn't like it, but I wasn't going to upset Jeb, eitherI vowed that I would disturb nothing,
if it meant sleeping on the floor
?Well, let's keep movingDon't forget: third from the left, seventh in
?Green screen,? I added
Jeb took me back through the big garden room, around the perimeter to the opposite side, and
through the biggest tunnel exitWhen we passed the irrigators, they stiffened and turned, afraid
to have me behind their backs
This tunnel was well lit, the bright crevices coming at intervals too regular to be natural
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