Chapter 31
Monday
AS THEY HEADED down the road with Jake driving, the two boys kept peppering them with questions about where they lived, what it was like, and countless other topics. Finally, both of them began to yawn, and they eventually succumbed to sleep.
Jake looked over at Josh, who was staring intently at the road ahead of them. He lowered his voice, and said, “I like our new helpers. Do you think we can keep them?”
“You mean, as in adopt them?”
“Why not?”
“Well, lacking a judge and a functioning court system, we can’t do it formally, but I don’t see why we can’t just invite them to stay with us.”
“I was hoping you’d say that,” Jake said. “Wait a minute. Something just hit me.”
“What?”
“You said that dark stores are the main reason why we don’t scrounge at former Walmart l
