Free Damage by Robin Stevenson Page B

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    Time passed. Half an hour. An hour. I wondered when Zach would wake up. I wondered when Max would arrive. I thought about my parents, and how things were going to be different from here on in, and—
    A knock at the front door sent a jolt of adrenaline flooding through me. Max. I stood, carried Zach across the room and opened the door.
    And there was Ronnie.
    â€œYou came back,” I said.
    â€œI was waiting at the bus stop, and the bus came and, well, I just didn’t get on it.” She lifted her chin and gave me a smile that just about broke my heart. It was so brave and so...well, so Ronnie . “You’re right,” she said. “It’s time to stop running.”