Elijah
I wasn’t feeling right about locking Mayah in the isolation room. I mean, even if I had been fooled into thinking I was falling in love with her, it just seemed like an inhumane thing to do.
Jeremy also protested loudly. “This is b.ullshit, man. If you guys are all that paranoid, I’ll sit with her and you can all pack up by yourselves.”
“It’s okay,” Mayah said. It was kind of eerie how calm and unruffled she was by all of this. She put a hand on Jeremy’s arm, and I felt a twinge of something. She always touched me like that too, and I liked it. I liked that physical connection when she was talking to me. I clenched my teeth together and looked away. “I’ll take a radio and some water, and maybe a snack or something. I don’t mind being in the dark. Maybe I’ll take a nap or somethi
