"Bombers! A squadron of planes! The fools! What are they saying about me out there, I wonder? No matter. I did what I had to do. Or tried. There is only one thing left to do."
There was no anger in his voice. There was only resignation.
"Stella," he said, "if you ran from the door, I think they would let you escape. They want me instead of you. You could say I had held you prisoner."
Her voice was level.
"But what about you?"
"I will stay," Lee Garth answered.
"Here?"
He nodded.
"No!"
"I really didn't mean I will stay here," he amended. "I will go there. I am needed, I think."