Collapse_Book four of Beyond These Walls by Michael Robertson

Author:Michael Robertson [Robertson, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 35

Although Matilda remained beside William, Hugh walked off across the roof. “Hugh, what are you doing?”

When the boy didn’t answer, William did his best to ignore Matilda’s raised eyebrow and jogged to catch up with his stocky friend.

Close to the edge of the house, Hugh crouched down and tore several tiles free, launching them at the diseased in the street.

“Hugh, what’s going on?”

But Hugh continued tearing the tiles away until he’d opened a large enough hole to kick the boards through. Like with the other rooms in the house, the gap revealed snarling diseased staring up at them. Splinters and dust on their faces, they fixed on Hugh.

A tight clench to his jaw, Hugh kicked at the ceiling boards until he’d bashed through a hole about two feet square.

“What? You’re going to drop down there and fight them?” Matilda said.

While wiping his sweating brow, Hugh grinned. “That would be insane.”

For the second time, William ignored Matilda’s attention. They both knew Hugh had lost the plot. Why belabour the point? Although, it would help if he tried to understand his friend. “Then what are you planning on doing?”

“We need to get the diseased out of this house, right?”

William shrugged.

“So you and Matilda ride on the carriage over to the other side of the road and make a lot of noise. When the diseased run over to you, hopefully emptying this house in the process, I can jump into the front room, lock and barricade the door, and secure it so we can loot this place to our heart’s content.”

The plan seemed solid. But Hugh executing it? As much as Matilda had silently questioned many of Hugh’s actions, she offered nothing.

“Sound good?” Hugh said.

“Sure?” William asked Matilda.

She shrugged.

While William and Matilda returned to Goliath’s carriage, Hugh made his way to the hole at the back of the house: the room with the supplies in.

As much as Hugh’s idea made sense, it was still Hugh’s idea. His sense and William’s didn’t often align. Before stepping onto the carriage, William said, “How will you jump down into the front room if you’re standing all the way back there?”

“I need to make sure they’ve cleared out of the back rooms before I jump down into the front.”

Matilda spoke without moving her lips. “It all seems far too logical. I’m worried something will go wrong.”

“You and me both.”

If Hugh had any sense of their conversation, he didn’t let on, smiling at William while he stepped across onto the roof of Goliath’s carriage, holding his hand out to help Matilda deal with the transition to the moving surface. She looked at his hand, ignored it, and stepped across on her own. He should have learned by now.

Olga had clearly listened to the plan, guiding Goliath across to the other side of the road without being asked. Goliath didn’t belong to him, but watching Olga guide the horse wound William tight.

A road packed with furious diseased gave them a chance to speak with more freedom. No way could Hugh hear them.

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