Days of Chaos: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival Thriller (EMP Survival Series Book 2) by Jack Hunt

Author:Jack Hunt
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2018-02-16T11:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

T he second town hall meeting for public input on the challenges facing Lake Placid residents was a bust. There were only forty-two people in attendance, and in a town of more than two thousand that was an awful turnout. It was a far cry from the first, two weeks ago, which saw the building bursting at the seams with everyone and their uncle wanting to voice their concerns and opinions. Now with no power, and an excessive amount of looting, it seemed that most of the town had concluded they were on their own. Mayor Hammond looked thinner, and even more stressed than before. He stood at the podium doing his best to address the increase in robberies, fires and violence and in some cases rape.

Rayna cast her eyes over worried faces and spotted Jill on the far side. She waved to her but Jill looked away. Twelve days spent inside the bunker with her and Gary had been brutal. She’d attempted speaking to Jill if only to create small talk but it had failed. While she hadn’t said anything to Elliot, she knew that it was only a matter of time. Everyone in town was losing patience with each other and looking for any reason to argue.

Elliot had said he would be there but neither he nor Gary had shown. There had been moments that she’d thought of telling him but that would have only put them at odds with each other and right now what they were facing was more important. There was a time for everything and now wasn’t it.

A tall man with a thick beard jabbed his finger in the air. “My daughter was raped, the guy who did it is still out there. I want to know, what is being done?”

“Yeah!” those in the crowd joined in.

Assistant Chief Ted Murphy stepped up to the mic and Hammond took a seat looking relieved that someone else wanted to be the sounding board.

“Sir, I understand your frustration and I want to reassure you that we are doing everything we can to protect and—”

The man laughed. “Protect? Where were your guys when she was dragged into an alley on the west side of town and brutalized?”

Someone else in the room stood up and told him to calm down. “The cops are doing the best they can. They are understaffed.”

“Well their best is not good enough. I did not spend my entire life working and paying taxes to have to deal with this crap. Now I want real answers!”

Ted continued. “Sir, the only answer I can give you right now is that we are in the process of creating new officers to assist us. But it’s not an easy or fast task. We are facing circumstances that have strained and buckled the infrastructure. We’ve lost three of our officers, one to a gunshot wound and the other two have abandoned their post.”

“Oh that is great. And in the meantime what are we meant to do? You see

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