around ourselves. I balled up a sweatshirt to
rest my head on. Across from us were Allison
and John.
“Let’s get some rest, guys,” John said.
“We’ll head out in the morning for our next
leg.” He handed Allison half a granola bar, but
she groaned and turned her head away.
“My stomach is upset again,” Allison
mumbled. “And I have a headache. Every time
it’s about to rain, I get a headache.”
“Don’t say that,” I said to her. I didn’t
want to add freezing fall rain to our long walk
tomorrow.
“At least we have shelter for tonight,”
John said.
Sure enough, within a few minutes
lightning was striking and thunder was
roaring. John and Colby walked over to the
windows to look outside. Huge drops of rain
poured down.
The floor in the hallway was concrete. It
wasn’t comfortable, but at least it was dry. I
fell asleep to the sound of the rain pounding
against the roof.
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