He didn't seem tired?his eyes were bright, and... 809
He didn't seem
tired?his eyes were bright, and his cheeks flushed under his tanMy eyes raked over him once
and then froze on his right leg
There was a ragged hole in his jeans a few inches above his kneeThe fabric around the hole
was a dark reddish brown, and the ominous color spread in a long stain all the way to the cuff
Blood,Melanie realized with horror
?Jamie! What happened??
?Thanks, Trudy
?She was going to notice soon enoughC'mon, we'll talk while you limp
Trudy put her arm under his and helped him hop forward one slow step at a time, keeping fake cheap chanel handbags with cc logo his
weight on his left leg
?Jamie, tell me what happened!? I put my arm around him from the other side, trying to carry as
much of his weight as I could
?It's really stupidnd it could have happened here?I tripped with a knife in my hand?Shouldn't we be taking you the other way? You need to see Doc
?That's where I'm coming fromThat's where we went first
?What did Doc say??
?It's fineHe cleaned it and bandaged it and said to go lie down
?And have you walk all this way? Why didn't you stay in the hospital??
Jamie made a face and glanced up at Trudy, like he was looking for prada stripe handbag an answer
?Jamie will be more comfortable on his bed,? she suggested
?Yeah,? he agreed quickly?Who wants to lie around on one of those awful cots??
I looked at them and then behind meI could hear their voices echoing
back down the southern corridor
What was that about?Mel wondered warily
It occurred to me that Trudy wasn't a much better liar than I wasWhen she'd said the others
from the raid were unloading and cleaning up, there was a false note to her voiceI thought I
remembered her eyes flickering to the right, back toward that tunnel
?Hey, kid! Hey, Trudy!? chloe bags paddington Ian had caught up to us
?Hi, Ian,? they greeted him at the same time
?What happened here??
?Fell on a knife,? Jamie grunted, ducking his head
?I don't think it's funny,? I told him, my voice tightMelanie, frantic with worry in my head,
imagined slapping him
?Could happen to anybody,? Ian said, planting a light punch on Jamie's arm
?Right,? Jamie muttered
?Where's everybody??
I watched Trudy from the corner of my eye as she answered him
?They, uh, had some unloading to finish up This time her eyes moved toward the southern
tunnel very deliberately, and Ian's buy replica louis vuitton expression hardened, turned enraged for half a secondThen
Trudy glanced back at me and caught me watching
Distract them,Melanie whispered
I looked down at Jamie quickly
?Are you hungry?? I asked him
?Whenaren't you hungry?? Ian teasedHis face was relaxed againHe was better at deception
than Trudy
When we reached our room, Jamie sank gratefully onto the big mattress
?You sure you're okay?? I checkedDoc says I'll be fine in a few days
I nodded, though I was not convinced
?I'm going to go clean up,? Trudy murmured as she left
Ian propped himself against the wall, going louis vuitton denim pleaty handbag now
