In the month since he left Murdock, Declan worked. He helped with anything that needed to be done without complaint. He still was an outcast, and therefore was not allowed to see or enter the camp. He wasn’t even allowed in the immediate area of the camp. It bothered him some, but not enough to cause him to leave. He managed to build a shelter for himself under a large tree. He used existing boughs and any tree limbs he managed to cut using a hatchet that was loaned to him. The few members of the camp that had interaction with him had gone out of their way to make sure he understood that he owed them for everything, which bothered him.
“Hello in the camp,” Emily Brooks called out as she neared his campsite. She had been to his camp several times and had become quite a good friend.
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