CHAPTER 74

KATHERINE. “Kath, what’s up?” Zac said as I walked up to the CMES members at the meeting point and I gave him two thumbs-up while heading to where Josie stood. My gaze caught Poppy’s the next moment and we both frowned at each other before I looked away, only for my gaze to land on Theo and Lenore having a conversation in a UTV. Embarrassed by my assumption of them which only got cleared up recently, I quickly averted my gaze and cleared my throat just before I got to where Josie was sitting. “You packed a bag?” she asked, a line between her brows, when she lifted my gaze to mine and I glanced around her to see that there was no bag there. “You didn’t?” “I didn’t know we were meant to,” she replied as she glanced around to see if anyone else had a bag. Some had and some didn’t. “Oh, we weren’t told to. I just chose to,” I said and the expression on her face relaxed as she muttered an ‘oh’ before waggling her brows at me. “Did you pack snacks?” “Yeah. And I’m not sharing,” I sta