Aftermath of Disaster: Book 2 Diggin in by Kevin Barry Maguire

Author:Kevin Barry Maguire [Maguire, Kevin Barry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-26T22:00:00+00:00

New Friends

When Jack reached the cottage he saw a black Toyota Camry next to his truck and shook his head “What now? Can’t I leave for a few hours without something happening?” he sighed

Basha and Mercedes announced his arrival and Diane opened the door for him.

“Hello honey, I’d like you to meet Robin.”

Well at least this one is still breathing, his sarcastic side thought.

“Hello Robin, nice to meet you.”

She replied in kind. With the niceties out of the way, the two women filled him in on the situation.

“I heard about the phones going dead. It’s not a good sign. Ours still work, so maybe it’s only affecting people near a city?

“I wish I knew,” Robin replied, weakly.

“About finding your family, I’ll be honest, that is not going to be an easy task. They could be anywhere from Elbe to Ashford and across the Nisqually to Morton and Packwood. That’s a lot of miles to go with gasoline becoming a rare commodity.”

Robins eyes started welling up with tears as Jack explained the reality.

Good job, jackass, he said to himself.

“It’s not impossible, I have friends everywhere. It’s just not going to be easy and it may take some time. What’s your son and husband’s names?” “Mark is my husband and Jay is our son.”

Jack wrote all their names down on a piece of paper. He’d put out the request for help locating them later.

“I’ll need a description of both as well. Go ahead and write it down for me.”

He handed her the pen and paper and she began writing. With her head down, Jack shot Diane a look that just said “Really?”

Jack had things to do and he wasn’t going to get them done with a visitor watching. He excused himself and went to the door, saying he needed something in the truck.

Diane suddenly remembered the eggs and asked Jack if he could retrieve them for her. “Yes dear” was all he managed as he walked out.

When he got in the truck he fired up the CB and reached out to Nikki.

“My girlfriend picked up a stray, do you have room for a mother looking for her family?”

“Oh Jack, you’re asking a lot of me. I might, but you’re going to owe me big time.”

“I figured that was coming. I’ll keep watch on her here for a few days to vet her. Her story seems believable and I don’t think she’s acting. Paul is coming here on Saturday, if she checks out I’ll send her to you with him leading the way. She may be there a while.”

“All righty then, I’ll prepare for my guest.”

With that, Jack fetched the eggs from the chickens and went back inside. Later he’d have to let them out for some exercise. He grabbed his laptop and went to work vetting Robin. She was sitting across from him and had no idea he was reading up on her background.

Former TSA, recently married, new home, nothing seems out of the ordinary, he thought, nothing about her that seems damning.

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