As Zeg’s car rattled and smoked through the pristine empty streets of the View, Tam tried to hold on to the warmth of Jennet pressed against him. It wasn’t much, just a scrap of brightness for him to fold away and keep close to his heart.
AThe tall gates of the exit slid open. Zeg gave the guards a cheery wave they didn’t return, and the car lurched under the silver archway marking the boundary between the compound and Crestview.
Back into the real world—the world of crazed little brothers and struggling moms. The world where nothing was simple or easy.
“What did you think of that?” Zeg asked.
Tam leaned his elbow on the dash and faced Zeg.
“Which part? It’s a different reality up there.”
“Certainly is. Though you’ve spent a little time in the View, I hear.”
“Yeah.”
He’d gone with
