We were almost at the cave when Brolin softly said, "Let me go in first." Then, he looked at Brandon. "You might take them by surprise."

"There's more of you?" Brandon asked, looking at me, clearly amazed.

"Yeah," I replied. "There were nine of us that got out, then we found Lisa, but that's another story."

"Ah," Brandon replied, smiling, as his curly brown hair fell lazily over one eye. "I definitely sense there's more that you're not telling me," Brandon replied, ...