Brandy was making a list while Sue and Etta inventoried what was in the kitchen. Sue said, “No offense, but we’re used to feeding so many at a tim.... We know about what it takes for a meal and what will stretch the farthest.”Janet asked, “Do you always travel together like this?”Sue told her, “Not all the time, but more so lately. We cook for all of us and many more when we’re not on the road like this. You’ll have to come visit us to see the party we have every day.”Brandy said, “I think I have. "Be strong, my dear. Be true to yourself. I love you!" Then she handed me a note. "Lucy left this for you before your father drove her off."She stood up to leave. "Wait, what did you mean? What courage did you not have?"She looked at me, smiling sadly at me. "I had my own Lucy, but I was too scared to be with her."And then she swept out of the room. My mind tried to understand what my mother had said. It seemed impossible that she could be like me. It was easier to look at Lucy's letter than to. “Are you okay?” I looked her over anxiously.She smiled at me, a hideous death head’s grin devoid of any humor. “I got him.” Her eyes were wild, and I nodded.“Yes, you did.” I’d had classes about handling reactions after a shooting, and she needed to have something else to focus on. The fire reached the spilled gas under the truck, and a wave of heat hit us as it woofed into a sheet of flame. “Come on!”“Where are we going?”“We need to get away from here. I doubt these yahoos were alone, and. Sooner or later cheaters will get caught. If they catch us it reduces our chance to hold the high ground in any talks we have." They got caught because of stupid mistakes. You found out about Heather because the two of them were dumb enough to use the home phones to communicate. I found out because Josh was so sloppy that he brought the evidence home in his pants pocket. We won't take those kinds of chances. We will get a couple of Tracfones from Wal-Mart and use them to keep in touch and so.