They sipped the hot water slowly, both of them sitting in the chairs that were placed in front of the stove. There was an ongoing, contemplative silence between them.
Talking took a lot of energy, but at this point, Terrie wanted to know more about the man she was so determined to keep alive. She was honestly taken aback by her priorities at this point. Never in her survival plan did she have, Adam must survive at all cost, so high on her list. It definitely wasn’t ever higher than her own survival. But, for some reason, that didn’t stop her from sacrificing her safety to ensure his. No, at this point she needed to get to know him better, just to figure out what was about him that made her put aside what she would've deemed good sense, to risk it all for a man she didn’t know.
“You know
