We moved back through Brighton Park the same way we'd come in, the afternoon light sitting heavy and gold over the cracked pavement.
Theo and Flinn were still posted near the main barricade exit, which wasn't surprising actually. Theo spotted our little group first and he narrowed his eyes suspiciously.
"What exactly is going on here?" he asked, gaze moving from face to face and landing with particular weight on Shawn, who was ambling along at the back of the group like a man taking a leisurely walk through a world that hadn't mostly ended.
"We're heading out for a bit," Maribel said simply.
"Without our only doctor?" Theo's eyebrows climbed. "I don't think that qualifies as a good idea, Maribel."
"You don't get to decide where I go, boy," Shawn said, without particular heat but with complete finality, shooting Theo a look that discouraged further input.
