Dead Weight
She watches the convoy pull out: two trucks, four people, Pete riding point, clearly having found exactly one useful thread from his previous life and is now pulling on it with both hands.
Then she goes to find Molly.
Unsurprisingly, Molly is already on the flatbed.
The rest of the base is still finishing breakfast, arguing over oats, and committing minor crimes against spoon allocation. Molly is running pre-lift checks on the crane with focused calm. She is fifty-three, compact, weathered, and wearing a canvas hat that looks like it has outlived three governments and one bad marriage.
No greeting.
Maya respects this immediately.
Carol stands at the base of the flatbed, watching. Not supervi
Hot Chapters