Eric stood up now. “I’ll come with you.” They walked back into the apartment. The crowd had thinned a little. Allison was talking to someone near the kitchen. Jacob was sitting at a table with an old man. They were looking at what appeared to be a map. Stacey didn’t even want to know what that was about. They headed down one of the hallways. Stacey thought of how she had been down this hallway before. She had been looking for Charlie then too. Tony had been trailing after her and had cornered her in the library. She pushed the thought from her mind. They stopped at one of the bathrooms and knocked. There was no answer. “Charlie? It’s Stacey.” This time there was a groaning noise and the door unlocked. She pushed herself in and found Charlie slouched over the toilet, looking worse for

