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“What’s with you?” Jana called out.
Maggie blinked over at her after Palo faded back into the darkness from which he’d so briefly emerged.
Jana twisted around to look over her shoulder, but there was nothing to see.
Again she asked her question.
“I’m not sure,” was the best answer Maggie could find. Why would a man like Palo concede defeat like that? He’d looked beaten before he nodded to her and turned away. “I’m not sure…” But she rose to her feet and had to veer sharply after three steps so that she didn’t walk straight into the fire.
“What’s with her?” Jana asked no one in particular.
If anyone answered, Maggie didn’t hear them.
Palo hadn’t gone far. He sat on the tail of the second trailer. It was a low-bed, so he sat with his feet on the dirt, looking up at the stars. This
