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The guilt kicked in again. The shame. She wasn\u2019t thinking straight. Everything that\u2019d happened today, it had driven her to this reaction. But this wasn\u2019t right. It just wasn\u2019t right. She was stealing from a man who was just trying to help his children get by. Just hours after she\u2019d been told to stay in her home, she was out here acting like a savage.<\/p>\n

What did that make her? The man\u2019s hands slammed against the car bonnet. \u201cIt\u2019s not a question. You\u2019re going to get the hell out of my car right now, or I will physically drag you out. None of us want that.\u201d Lily looked around. More people in their cars and outside their cars were staring on.<\/p>\n

Some of them were shaking their heads, whispering to one another, tutting. She wanted more than anything to just curl up into a ball and disappear, as the embarrassment and the anxiety multiplied. Beast sat by her side panting, like this was all just a novelty to him. She was ashamed. But she needed to find Alex. She needed to find her son. Just how far was she willing to go on that quest? She kept hold of the steering wheel.<\/p>\n

Even though she knew she should get out and go, there was an opening ahead of her. A small gap, in between a few of the cars stacked up on this road. She should just put her foot down. The man would jump. He\u2019d drag his children out of the way. He\u2019d do anything to protect them. Any parent would. But what if he didn\u2019t? She couldn\u2019t live with the knowledge that she\u2019d hurt someone\u2026 or even worse. She couldn\u2019t just drive off.<\/p>\n

That wasn\u2019t her. So she was going to have to try something else. \u201cMy son,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2026 I didn\u2019t want to steal from you. Really, I didn\u2019t. But\u2060\u2014\u201d \u201cGet out of the car.\u201d He didn\u2019t seem to be listening. Even slightly. \u201cI was with a neighbour. A friend. We\u2014we were trying to gather supplies of our own.<\/p>\n

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