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Dr. Nays sleep.

I stood on the lake shore watching as the float plane taxied away on the hazy

turquoise waters. Behind me, sitting on a log and packing his backpack with supplies the plane brought was a man named Jason Carver.

The plane hadn't just brought us food.

It was also taking away two of the searchers who'd been called back by their boss.

The two Rangers we'd been in the woods with for the past four days looked at me from inside

the plane.

One of them, Lawson, raised a hand.

I turned away, heading over toward Carver and my backpack.

I was going to be carrying half at the supplies, mostly food.

Despite the circumstances, Carver was keeping it together surprisingly well.

He was a stoic kind of guy, which I respected.

But I knew that if we didn't find his sister soon he would have to find a healthy way to deal with the grief

Otherwise he would become like me

I spent so much time alone in the woods. I felt like I was losing my mind. I barely knew

how to interact with people anymore, and those I did interact with seemed to want to get far away from me as soon as possible.

I had let my grief take over and it ran my life almost entirely.

It was as if I had no free will anymore. All I knew how to do was search for people in the

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