Chapter Thirty-Eight
TWO MONTHS LATER
Lucy and Sam awoke early and met up as planned. They strolled through the corridors and reminisced about their lives in 87. They remembered the wild twenty hours they’d spent together when they were little more than kids traveling here over thirty-three years ago.
At the time, they assumed they would be here for a few months at most. Now, here they were, decades later. In the morning, they would be leaving the shelter and returning to the world.
“This place seems so quiet. It’s weird seeing it so empty,” Sam stated, gazing around.
“I know. Almost a thousand have already left. I don’t know how many plan to remain here permanently,” Lucy replied.
They continued walking and entered Café B. Inside, most of their group was sitting and chatting. Chief
