After the Fall: Catherine's Tale: Part 1 by David Nees

Author:David Nees [Nees, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-04-28T06:00:00+00:00

Later, talking with the men in the former offices that had become the militia dormitories, she learned that the woman’s name was Donna. According to some, she was Leo’s new woman. He had brought her in after her husband had been arrested. She cautiously mentioned that the woman had gone into the Hillsboro Inn, and one of the men nodded and said he had heard that was where Leo kept the women he collected.

Lori Sue kept up the friendly banter as she gathered information. Information was like other resources; she gathered and stored it for possible future use. She didn’t know when, or if, she might need it, but it was better to know more about what was going on than to be in the dark.

Over the next few days Lori Sue shifted her schedule and made a point of being in the area of the militia block where she had first seen Donna. There was a bar set up on the street level in one of the buildings housing the militia, with a window on the street. There were only small quantities of alcohol served, including harsh homemade whiskey, random beers, and even more random bottled liquors, depending on the day. Militiamen got drink allowances with special ration cards, with higher ranking men getting the better choices of alcohol. Lori hung out there, hoping to get a chance to learn more about the woman she saw. She had a new reason now. If this Donna had Leo’s ear, she could be helpful to Lori Sue; connections never hurt. She wanted to move up in the hierarchy and not have to whore around with the grunts for survival.

On the third day, Lori Sue was rewarded when she saw the woman emerge from the hotel and come down the street toward the militia buildings. She was dressed just as oddly as before. She walked past the window where Lori Sue was watching and then surprised her by opening the door and entering. She walked up to the bar and gave the bartender a slip of paper. He immediately told a militia corporal to watch the bar and disappeared into a back room.

“What kinda note did you hand him to make him run like that?” Lori Sue asked as she went over to Donna.

Donna glanced up. Lori Sue smiled her best and friendliest smile, but the woman turned back to the counter.

“Don’t be rude,” Lori Sue said. “I’m just trying to be friendly. It’s hard to find a female to talk to. Your name’s Donna, right?”

Donna turned back to Lori Sue, her face draped in sadness. “I’m not interested in talking.”

“Are you okay? You don’t look so good.”

Lori Sue was astonished at the long, trembling look Donna gave her. The woman’s eyes did not seem to fully focus, and her clenched hands shook on the bar. After a long moment, she seemed to get control of herself. “I’m fine.” She turned away again.

Lori Sue took a chance and touched her arm. “Please, don’t blow me off.

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