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I sink beside him onto the couch, running my hand over Max’s fur. “The truth? It was horrible. Walking around the mall, knowing all the people there were going to die, and there was nothing I could do to stop it, and that by being there I might be a victim too…” I shake my head, unable to go on. “I can only imagine. But you are doing something to stop it.” He holds up the wallet. “How’d you get this?” I give Adam a quick rundown of everything that happened, from chasing down the wrong guy, to checking this man’s backpack, then fighting him and taking his wallet. When it’s over, I lean my head against his shoulder. “I was terrified the whole time that I was infected and didn’t know it. I’ve never felt so powerless in my entire life.” “If you’d gotten infected…I don’t know what I would hav
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