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By the week’s end, Jackie and Tika had circled the entire clearing. At last the silence was broken by two loud, sharp noises like doors slamming. Extraordinary. “If you want to make a try for it, go right ahead.

“In a room, being woken up,” the woman said. The others catch up and stop, bending to breathe. ”“Varner just went upstairs,” Audrey says. “What happened next?” I asked.