TWENTY-FIVE
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Waiting wasn’t her forte. She probably had other strengths, waiting wasn’t one of them.
Howie had been grateful at the motel and Zara had settled them in and then gone out for food. Kadie didn’t know how she could think of such a thing because the adrenaline made it difficult for Kadie to even sit down let alone think about putting something heavy or greasy in her stomach. But Zara said it was tradition.
Kadie read a brief glimmer of worry in Zara’s countenance and she speculated that doing something, even if it was just retrieving food, gave Zara a distraction. Keeping busy stopped her from thinking about Raven and the danger he might be facing.
Howie was buzzing too and was full of stories that he tried to share all at once, barely managing to finish on
