Chapter 26

Voices.

I cocked my head and tensed my neck. It was Nick, and David was with him. I shot my last soldier down and went to the door. I heard Nick’s bedroom door shut and the voices became muffled, but I could still hear them talking through the wall that separated the boys’ rooms. I couldn’t make out all the words, on account of Johan doing an excellent job on the isolation in the basement.

I tried going back to preparing the second battalion for combat but couldn’t concentrate. I kept trying to hear what they were saying. Once in a while, I would hear Nick or David laugh, then it would get quiet again.

Before too long, my curiosity got the best of me and I crept out of Boone’s room. Boone was in the play room and couldn’t see me standing in the narrow hallway connecting the two bedrooms. I stood between Boone’s door and Nick’s. Now that I was closer, I could hear a little better.

I heard David’s voice first. “Why not?”

There were playing music. It was like rock music but softer.