After Carl fell asleep in his and his parents's tent, I want with Carol to the RV, be there with Jim. After a few moments alone with him, Rick and Lori came in. "His fever is worse," Carol said. "You need anything?" Lori asked Jim. "Uh . . . Water. Could use more water," Jim said.

"I'll get some," Lori said. "Okay," Jim said quietly. "Quinn, Carol, you help me?" Lori asked. Carol and I nodded, knowing that Rick want's to talk with Jim. Lori hold her hand to me and I took it as Rick patted gently my back as me, Lori and Carol walked out the RV.

... ...

Later on, we gather around on of the fire pit. Andrea finally fell asleep in one of the fold out chairs. I sat down with Lori, who was sharping a stick, when she looked up to see Rick, Shane and Dale walking up.

"I've, uh . . ." Shane was the first to speak, "I've been thinking about Rick's plan. Now look, there are no- there are no guarantees either way. I'll be the first to admit that." He looked at Rick, "I've know this man a long time."

"I trust his instincts. I say the most important thing here is we need to stay together. So those of you that agree, we leave first thing in the morning. Okay?" I shared a look with Lori before she looked at Rick.

...

That next morning, we all gather around the cars, getting ready to leave. "Everybody listen up," Shane called to get our attentions. "Those of you with C.B.s, we're gonna be on channel 40. Let's keep the chatter down, okay? Now you got a problem, don't have a C.B., can't get a signal or anything at all, you're gonna hit your horn one time. That'll stop the caravan. Any questions?"

Morales took a step forward, "We're, uh . . . We're . . . we're not going," He said. All eyes were on the family. "What do you mean you're not going?" I asked. "We have family in Birmingham. We want to be with our people," His wife, Miranda spoke, her arm around Eliza.

"You go on your own, you won't have anyone to watch your back," Shane warned him. "We'll take the chance. I got to do what's best for my family," Morales said. "You Sure?" Rick asked. "We talked about it. We're sure," Morales said.

Rick looked in the gun bag and pulled out a 357. He handed Morales the gun and Shane handed him a box of ammo. "The box is half full," Shane told him. Lori and I hop off the car and went over to the family.

"Thank you all . . . For everything," Miranda said as Lori hugged her. She kissed Elize and Louis on the top of their heads. Elize went over to Sophia and the two girls hugged each other and cried. I hugged Miranda.

Elize came up to me and wrapped her arms around me. "I'm going to miss you," She said. I chuckled, "I'm going to miss you too," I said. "Channel 40, if you change your mind," Rick said to Morales, and shook the man's hand. Morales and his family started making their way to their car. "What makes you think our odds are any better?" Shane asked Rick. "Come on. Let's go," Rick said.

He walked up to me. "I want you to ride with Shane, is that will be okay?" He asked. I gave a small smile and nodded. "Okay," I said and he nodded, patting me on the shoulder before looking at Shane, "Look after her," He said.

Shane nodded and gave me a smile. "I will. Come on kid, get in," Shane said, getting in his Jeep and I walked over to Shane's Jeep. We pulled out of the camp down the road to enter the city. Morales and his family went the other way.