Eden's Ashes by Devon Rhys

Author:Devon Rhys [Devon Rhys]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Andrew McKendrick
Published: 2023-02-05T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter

Twelve

There was an area where the limestone gave way to form an indent in the ground. It was just off the boardwalk, only a few meters from where we were standing. I climbed under the railing as Joseph watched. And I used my hands to remove the twigs, leaves, and dirt from the hole. The hole was about half a meter in width and would be enough for most of us to fit through. I continued to dig with my hands until the dirt got too thick.

Joseph had since come beside me. He handed me a stick as I continued to dig. He was sitting on his feet with his knees up to his chin, and the edge of his shirt collar in his mouth, intently watching me. Eventually, I hit rock again, or so it seemed.

“This isn’t rock,” I said, as I pulled out a few silvery pieces. “It’s concrete.”

“The top of the compound?” Joseph asked.

“It must be.”

“We need tools, we will have to go into the city again,” he continued.

“But the exodus,” I said.

“We haven’t seen it Andrew, and we need to understand what we’re up against.” It made sense. I nodded.

We decided to take Brad. He was resistant at first, saying that he was worried about going back to the city, but Joseph stoked his ego by telling him that his knowledge was important, and he agreed.

He said that it would best to leave at night, when most kids would be sleeping, and we would have the advantage of darkness as cover. Both Joseph and I agreed, and after telling the others, we laid down for a nap.

“By the way, I’m okay with the two of you,” Brad said to me as I lay beside Joseph. I had no idea what he was talking about. “My cousin's gay, and love is love,” he said, before turning over and facing the wall.

Gay. I hated that Brad dumped that on me. That was the word that would keep me awake for the next few hours while both Joseph and Brad slept soundly. My mind was racing. Was I gay? I thought to myself, was Joseph?

I never put a name to my feelings for Joseph. What I did know is that I never felt such a tremendous care for anyone before. For the first time, I watched him sleep. He snored lightly, not like the annoying bear-like sounds that were emanating from Brad, but calming, peaceful. I held him tighter, and the snoring stopped briefly as he talked to himself for a moment. His words were indiscernible. Whatever it was I felt for him, it felt right.

The moment in the parking lot, when Brad was seemingly ready to attack him, solidified how I felt. Before that, the kisses, the hugs, the soft whispers, they were nice, they made me feel good, but never were my feelings so clear than at that moment. He had gone from being someone who I never spoke to at school or in the elevator, to someone I couldn’t see myself without.

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