amphiine_98

@@@@@It made me feel selfish and wrong It's not for yourselfIt's for others,Mel reminded me when I brooded It still feels wrongEven you can feel that, can't you? Don't think about itwas her solution I was glad we were on the homestretch of our long raidTomorrow we would visit our growing cache?a moving truck we kept hidden within a day's reach of our path?and clean out the van for the last timeJust a few more cities, a few more days, down through Oklahoma, then New Mexico, and then a straight drive through Arizona with no stops When we slept in hotels rather than in the crowded van, we usually checked in after dark and left before dawn to keep the souls from getting a good look at us Jared and Ian were beginning to realize thatThis night, because we'd had such a successful day?the van was completely full; Kyle would have little space?and because Ian thought I looked tired, we stopped earlyThe sun had not set when I returned to the van with the plastic key card The little inn was not very busyWe parked close to our room, and Jared and Ian went straight from the van to the room in a matter of five or six steps, their eyes on the groundOn their necks, small, faint pink lines provided camouflageJared carried a half-empty suitcaseNo one looked at them or me Inside, the room-darkening curtains were drawn, and the men relaxed a little bit Ian lounged on the bed he and Jared would use, and flipped on the TVJared put the suitcase on the table, took out our dinner?cooled greasy breaded chicken strips I'd ordered from the deli in the last store?and passed it aroundI sat by the window, peeking through the corner at the falling sun as I ate ?You have to admit, Wanda, we humans had better entertainment,? Ian teased On the television screen, two souls were speaking their lines clearly, their bodies held with perfect postureIt wasn't hard to pick up what was happening in the story because there wasn't a lot of variety in the scripts souls wroteIn this one, two souls were reconnecting after a long separat