"Maybe something is up at home," Anna speculated while she watched Samuel walk after her.<br/><br/>"I would say we should go after her, but I'm going to go the right way," Marie replied and walked off to clean her utensils. "After all, they'll be back."<br/><br/>Christine could feel a sort of pressure building up behind her eyes. All of this was too much stress for her to handle.  The war, the rationing, the changes, Julian, and now her secret was found out. "This was a gift to me. Its just metal but I  like it because it is shiny. But you keep this on the hush, Samuel. This is my secret and now you're a part of it. I don't want anyone else to know because they might get jealous, or think its dumb, and try to take it away." She was babbling something. She couldn’t tell if her words even made sense but she hoped it did. As the same time she wished as hard as she could that Argent wouldn't move while Samuel was there.