'' ca n't think that betsy ross was famous for eating disgusting things , '' he murmured , and cast a sideways look at me . '' we 'll be fine . '' i nodded , but felt a little easier . liam did n't seem to be as angry . guarded , yes . angry , no . '' betsy ross was the creator of the original american flag , '' liam read aloud . '' outside of this building , you passed by a replica of the original flag

in the morning , they 'll start receiving small rations of food and water and simply wait to recover . or die . my mind wanders to the stash of stolen money that tess and i have hidden . twenty-five hundred notes . enough to feed us for months ... but not enough to buy my family vials of plague medicine . the minutes drag on . i tuck my slingshot away and play a few rounds of rock , paper , scissors with tess

'' i 've heard that somewhere before , '' said bagless . '' we came to find out what a canadian is , oh guru , '' said the captain . '' maybe i read it somewhere , '' said bagless . '' what sacrifice did you bring ? '' said the guru . '' i wonder if i heard it from my lawyer , '' said bagless

'' so what exactly is her job ? '' '' she 's a bug consultant . the forest service hires her to do bark beetle counts every year to keep track of the infestation level in the basin 's forests . and she also consults with law enforcement agencies on suspicious deaths . '' '' you mean that she can tell something about how people died by looking at
insects