Her eyes were narrow and sleepy, all her strength being used to raise her head enough to look at me. Despite those words, though, my choices were the ...ame. This crystal was a great weapon, but I couldn’t use it to save all of us.But I could save the two of them, and all it would cost me is, in the long term, nothing…Nothing, except for whatever trap was waiting for me.I closed my eyes, sighed, and finished my sentence. “...I’ll do it.”The bug beamed again. “Well then! Throw that crystal over. I then put my hands on her lower back. She giggled as we walked toward her car. I hit the buttons on her husbands keys. I saw a big 70's style car honk in the parking lot. We got closer. It was a 1970 black Old's Cutlass. It had huge bucket seats in the back. It was like a small tank driving down the road. I held the back door open as Kayla slid her big ass across the leather seats. I tossed the car keys on the dash, as I got in the back with Kayla. I had my right arm wrapped around. “Thanks,” Carl said.It wasn’t difficult to guide the straw to his mouth. He took a sip of water. It was nice and cold. It washed some of the ugly taste of his blood out of his mouth. He took another sip finding this one worked more on his thirst than the first sip had. He held out the cup for Betsy to take back.He said, “That was nice.”“It was just water,” Betsy said taking the cup.“I was thirsty, and the water quenched my thirst,” Carl said.Witty dialog? He was thinking this was the stupidest. “Squalor and Noise”, “Hopes and Joys”. It was telling me about all those things.MICHAELI didn’t know two hearts could speak as one?JENNI didn’t either. Until now. Here, listen?(I did a small take, and then moved my ear to her... heart! There were scattered sounds from boy the boys and girls))MICHAELSomeday I’ll meet someoneWhose heart joins with mineAortas and arteries all intertwinedThey will beat so much strongerThan they could apartEight chambers of muscle to hustleThe love in our.