Yan Cijin nodded.
"Then we're almost there."
Bai Li's expression softened.
Almost home.
The thought came with an unexpected warmth.
Lili.
The little girl would be waiting.
Bai Li could imagine the child's face without trying.
That was enough to make her want to ride faster.
Yan Cijin was quiet for a moment.
Then she said softly, "I wonder whether Lili is awake already."
Bai Li nodded.
"Probably."
"She'll worry if we're late."
"I know."
Bai Li looked ahead.
"Let's get home before she starts crying."
Yan Cijin smiled.
"Agreed."
Neither woman said much more about it.
They simply rode faster.
The city blurred around them.
A delivery truck lay on its side near an intersection.
Bai Li swerved around it.
A line of zombies followed the sound of the engine but could not keep
up.
A woman standing on the second floor of a residential building saw the
motorcycle below and waved.
Yan Cijin noticed and waved back.
The woman shouted something that the wind carried away.
