Finn's pulse kicked."A few days?"
"Yeah."Moe shrugged, turning back to the cans."She didn't stay long."
Finn stared at him, heat rising in his chest."That's all you remember?"
Moe frowned."What else is there to remember?"
Finn stepped closer."You don't find it strange that someone came through and was able to leave?"
They'd spent countless days talking about how to escape Everstill.And it was always Moe who brought it up first.The man was obsessed with finding a way out of the rift.
Now he just shook his head and reached for another can, moving like a man on autopilot.The conversation slid right off him, as if it meant nothing.
As if Kallie meant nothing.And that was the part that chilled Finn the most.
Moe shrugged."Smith came through."
Smith came last month and never left.Nobody knew his story, but Finn was damn sure he wasn't leaving.Eventually, he'd fallen into the same routine as everyone else and hadn't caused any trouble with the others.
He stepped back outside, the bell over the door jingling behind him.At one time, Moe used to work around the town with him.They worked well together.But anymore, Finn couldn't stand being around any of them.
Brent and Rex were repairing the fence near the old courthouse.They hammered the same loose board every few days, even though it never stayed fixed.
Finn approached them."Hey."
"What's up, man?"Brent put the hammer in his other hand."Want to help?"
He shook his head."Have either of you tried to leave this place?"
Rex didn't look up."Road loops."
"I know that," Finn said."But did you ever try?Really try?"
Rex wiped sweat from his brow."Tried once.Years ago.There's no leaving."
"Do you remember how you got here?"Finn asked.
"I was living on the streets."Rex ran a hand through his hair."Woke up on the main street of Everstill."
He turned to Brent."What about you?"
"I faked my own death.Instead of dying, I'm here."Brent shrugged."Does it matter?"
His frustration grew.No one took their arrival in Everstill seriously.
Finn didn't move."Do you remember the girl who came through?"
Brent paused mid-hammer."Girl?"
"Kallie," Finn said, voice sharper than he meant.
Rex exchanged a look with Brent."Oh.Her.Yeah.She was here for a day or two."
Brent frowned."She left yesterday, right?"
Finn's stomach twisted."No, it was a long time ago."
The other two went back to fixing the fence.Finn crossed the street to where Nolan and Wade sat on the courthouse steps, passing playing cards back and forth.
