"You have a car?" Shane and Alina exclaimed in unison, their faces lighting up with excitement as they conveniently ignored the second half of Ray's sentence.

"That's great!" they said, practically giddy.

With a car, they could go out and search for supplies instead of slowly starving in place.

A whole month had passed. Every day, it was instant noodles, compressed biscuits, and canned food—so much that they were on the verge of throwing up at the sight of it.

"Ray, lend me your car—no, sell