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I frown. He’s lying. Anyone looking at him could tell he isn’t fine, but before I can say anything Adam pushes himself to his feet. When he walks forward, he leans into the wall and lets out a groan.
I jump to my feet, and reach out a hand.“Let me help.” I say.
Adam waves me off, and tilts his head back. “It’s nothing.” He repeats again. “What time is?”
I glance back up at the sky, to see the first gleam of blue. I shrug. “Not sure, looks pretty close to sunrise though.”
Adam pushes off the walk. “I guess we should get moving then.”
I want to protest, to tell him that we have time, but he’s already covered nearly half the length of the alley.
So I lean down and gather what little we’ve been able to steal into a trash bag and hurry …show more content…

The healer warned me this would happen, when the infection got worse. I lay out a blanket, I swiped from a windowsill earlier in the day, and pull Adam so that he’s on top of it. Then move cautiously over to Adam’s right side, and slide my fingertips, over the surface of the purple skin, around the rim of bandage, then gently press.
Adam grabs my arm, his fingernails digging into my skin, as he lets out a moan. After a moment, Adam releases me, and I rub the spot where he grabbed my arm.
“Avery, I’m sorry I didn’t mean---”
“Don’t worry about it.” I say, “I need to take a better look at the wound though, okay?”
He nods.
Trying to be as gently as I can, I peel the of the bandage back a few inches, and stifle a gasp as the image hits me in the gut.
How can it have become so much worse in a single day? There’s no more pus, but the swelling has increased and the tight skin has become inflamed. Then I see the red streaks starting to creep out from the wound and up his leg.
“How is it?” Adam asks.
I press my lips together, careful to keep my face expressionless, I don’t want to lie, but what good could come from telling him?
“It’s fine,” I say, “in fact it looks a lot better. I just need to change...the bandage.”
Adam gives a grim nod, then settles his head back against the brick wall.
I hate that I just lied, but what good could come from telling him the truth. No it’s better that he doesn’t know how bad is. At least I hope it

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