Chapter 10Adam had been right about the pets. Dogs ran around among the crowd. Some people carried cats in bulky, awkward boxes. Zach supposed there were even rabbits, guinea pigs, canaries, and who knew what else? But he didn’t care, simply happy there was a crowd. Despite Adam’s reassurance, he’d feared arriving to find only Professor Korrie and the Franes.
“Some people are carrying way too much,” Adam said as they got out of the truck. “We’re going to leave a trail of abandoned stuff behind us. Those kitty carriers, for one.”
“How many people do you think?” Zach asked.
“Perhaps three hundred.”
Three hundred, out of twelve hundred. Zach looked at his watch. It was 07:56. “There’s still time for more to come.” He heard raised voices from an edge of the crowd and smiled wryly at Adam.
