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“They won’t. They’re not like that,” the girl said, pausing. “We’renot like that.”
“Everyone is like that,” Saff bit back, stepping toward her.
The girl leaned back on her heels and rested her hands on her thighs. “Well, we’re not.”
The nonchalant tone of the girl’s voice grated on her nerves. Saff wanted nothing more than to prove her wrong and annihilate every bit of that smug attitude.
But she couldn’t. Time was running out. She needed to make a decision. And now she needed even more time to pack up the medication sprawled in the street.
If the guy was telling the truth, then she didn’t need to worry about the rest of their group hunting her down. In which case, she could probably knock them both out and quickly get what she came for before fleeing the city.
Or the girl was telling the truth, and a group of raiders was about to descend on her.
Her eyes moved swiftly back and forth, checking every opening where zombies–or people–could attack from.
Still nothing. But that wouldn’t last long.
“Please let us go,” the young man pleaded.
Her gaze slid back to him. A thick rim of dark sweat now ran along the collar of his gray shirt.
If there really was a group of people nearby, then she couldn’t waste valuable time. The best option would be to shoot them both and run.
She raised the rifle, lining it up with his head.
He flinched, hands shooting up in the air. “No, don’t! Please!”
Do it, her father’s voice echoed in her head.
Her finger grazed the trigger.
“Wait!” the girl yelled out beside him, her hand finding the man’s forearm once again. “Just put something over his eyes and tie him up. That way, he won’t be able to follow you or tell the others which way you went.”
“Yeah,” Saff growled, “and what about you?”
The girl reached backwards, feeling the ground behind her.
Saff instantly jerked the rifle toward her. “Hey! Don’t even think about it.”
A look of irritation passed over the girl’s face, but she raised her other hand in the air.
“Relax,” she said, in a tone that matched the annoyed look she held. “If it was a gun, don’t you think I would’ve tried to use it by now?”
She leaned back farther as her hand prodded the asphalt. Then she finally seemed to locate whatever it was and slowly drew her hand back up in front of her.
Saff watched carefully, her finger holding a slight pressure against the trigger of the gun, ready to fire.
Then the girl raised an object in the air before her.
A folded white cane gleamed in the morning sunlight.
“I won’t be able to see which way you go. So you can tie me up if you really want to, but it’d probably be a waste of time.”
Saff stared at the cane for a moment. Then she looked at the girl’s face. She was still facing straight ahead, but Saff couldn’t see her eyes behind the dark sunglasses.
“You can’t see me?” Saff asked suspiciously.
The girl gave a small shake of her head.
