Tyler listened as she went on and on about her adventures, and he wondered why she hadn't been in the safe room. Hadn't Lily brought them ... one of them ... down there? Had things really gotten so chaotic, no one had thought of the kids? Or had they tried?
"Just needed some time alone," he said, managing to drum up something like a smile for her. Was he okay? No, far from it. But he wasn't going to tell Lizzy that. There was no need to burden her with this. With ... Susan being gone. With the others being gone. Dead.
"Did you help with the cleanup at all?" he asked, brows lifting slightly as he looked toward her. He didn't imagine she had, and he didn't think anyone would have encouraged her to. Not the kids.