After the Blast by Ryan Casey

Author:Ryan Casey [Casey, Ryan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Higher Bank Books
Published: 2018-06-22T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Four

Kumal wasn’t sure how long he’d been walking when he realised what a cock-up he’d made.

He was still in the countryside. He’d been on his own for a few days, travelling on foot, living on limited scraps with no real purpose and no real direction in sight. He’d even taken a detour home at one stage. It was strange, going back there, seeing it as it used to be. Even though his relationship with his parents and his family was strained to say the least, he’d still felt hope deep inside. Hope that he’d find them there. Hope that someone would be there, waiting.

But he hadn’t. His home had been broken into. The place was trashed. Most of the supplies that had been stocked up in the cupboards—canned foods, things like that—had gone. The fridge reeked of sourness, flies buzzing around the off milk and the rotted meat.

There was one thing for sure. One thing abundantly clear.

Home wasn’t home anymore.

He’d stayed there a night, but he’d got straight back on the road the following day. Camped out at night. Anything was better than being stuck back home. Anything was better than being haunted by the ghosts of his past.

Anything was better than being reminded that what he used to have was so much better than what he had now.

Night was drawing in. He’d passed a few farms and a few houses that looked like they were set up for the time being. The farms looked like they were getting on with things—aided by the extra provisions they had.

But the further Kumal walked, the more he began to doubt his decision.

And it was all because of Gina.

It was strange. After all, he was sure that he’d made the right call walking away from David and his gang of hippie weirdos.

But walking away from Gina… that wasn’t right. He might be unsure about David. He might be convinced of some sort of secrets that were buried in that place.

But that was even more of a reason not to make sure Gina got caught up in it.

He had to be by her side.

Whatever they faced.

He turned around. Looked back. As much as he wanted to keep going on the road ahead… he knew he couldn’t. Not anymore.

So he turned around.

He had to go back.

He had to find Gina.

And he had to make sure he was by her side.

He walked down the road for a long time. He slept. He ate some of his provisions. He dodged a few suspicious looking characters, took a few detours as one day blended into the next. He started to question whether he’d made the right call, heading back towards the church. After all, he felt like he’d stepped out of the jaws of danger, and now he was walking right back into whatever chaos he’d left behind.

But still he had to keep on going.

Still, he just had to get back.

It was after another few dehydrated hours of walking that Kumal finally fell to his knees.

It wasn’t anything physical that did it.

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