Chapter 23

“A nickel,” she said.

“You found money!” Kevin shouted.

By the time they reached the end of the alley, Ash had two more nickels, a dime, and a lighter that still worked. Dayna got two pennies. Kevin found a stick and a rusty nail, but his sister made him put them back.

Then Ash led them into a grocery store. “Let’s go to the bathroom before we get more supplies,” she said.

“But…I have to go in the boys’ and you have to go in the girls’,” Kevin said. “What if when I come out you guys are gone?”

“You can come with us if you want,” Dayna said.

Kevin scuffed the floor with his shoe. “Okay.”

He followed Dayna and Ash into the girls’ bathroom curiously. It didn’t seem much different than the boys’ bathroom, except there were only normal toilets. No one else was in there, so he wasn’t embarrassed. Ash washed out the milk jug and filled it with water while Dayna refilled the bottles.