Chapter 15 Summary

Sunday, August 1, 2027. The three survivors who have banded together spend Sunday recovering at the abandoned home site. Harry is sick and weak from a concussion, but he eats and drinks water and is able to walk around a little. Zahra tells her story of how she was running with her young daughter in her arms when someone shot the daughter and then grabbed the child and threw her in a burning house. Zahra also relates a little about her own childhood and how Richard Moss, her husband, bought her from her mother at age fifteen and married her. He was kind to her, even though his other two wives were not. Lauren informs Zahra that her husband is dead; Zahra seems genuinely sorrowful.

The three discuss plans. Lauren asks Harry if he will go to Olivar and join with Joanne and her family...