Fall of Man (Book 1): The Break by Sisavath Sam

Author:Sisavath, Sam [Sisavath, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Infected
Publisher: Road To Babylon Media LLC
Published: 2020-06-22T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Ditch the woman and the kids, and get back to Emily.”

I can’t.

“Can’t, or won’t?”

We already went over this.

“You still haven’t answered the question.”

Both.

“Bullshit. You know this is the right call.”

Doesn’t matter.

“Doesn’t it?”

No.

“Why not?”

I’m an asshole, but I’m not a fucking asshole.

“Tell that to Emily. She’s back there by herself. Alone. With a baby in her belly. And here you are, lollygagging with a woman and her kid, a girl you didn’t know existed until a few hours ago, and a kid in a wheelchair. This is the wrong move.”

Shut up.

“You know I’m right.”

Yeah, well…

“You know I’m right,” the Voice repeated.

Cole didn’t respond the second time.

“You don’t have to, because you know I’m right,” the Voice said.

Whatever, Cole thought as he watched Dante, Fiona, and Ashley absorb everything he and Zoe had just told them about the plan. A part of him was hoping Dante would buck at leaving the sanctuary of his apartment and fridge full of turkey slices, not to mention giving up on his aunt ever coming back. Because if Dante said No, then it would spare him the guilt of leaving a crippled kid behind.

Unfortunately for Cole, Dante was too smart for that.

“When are we leaving?” the kid asked.

“Soon,” Cole said.

“Maybe we should wait,” Fiona said. She sat on the sofa next to Ashley, rubbing her fingers nervously. “Help might be coming.”

“Help’s not coming,” Dante said.

“You don’t know that.”

“Pretty sure help’s not coming.”

“Why are you so sure?”

“If help was coming, it’d be here already,” the teenager said. “Look outside, Fiona. There’s no help coming. This is TEOTWAWKI.”

“What?”

“The end of the world as we know it.”

“Yeah, but what’s that thing you said? Teet-something?”

“T-E-O-T-W-A-W-K-I. The end of the world as we know it.”

“Oh,” Fiona said. She looked from Dante to Cole, still leaning against the window across the room. “You agree with him?”

Cole shrugged. “I don’t know. What I do know is that I have to get to Bear Lake. I can’t waste any time. Whether any of you go with me or not is entirely up to you. Each one of you. Everyone has to make their own decisions.”

“Is Bear Lake safe?”

I have no fucking idea, Cole thought, but he said, “I don’t know. I just know that I have to get there.”

“Bear Lake is outside the city limits,” Zoe said. “It’s a residential enclave next to a lake and surrounded by heavy woods. It’s as close to the city as you can get while still being technically not a part of all this.”

“But is it safe?” Fiona said.

Zoe shook her head. “Like Cole said, we don’t know. But I’m taking Ashley there because I think it’s the safer option to staying here. And”—she looked over at Cole—“I think it’s safer to stick close to Cole.”

“Why?” Fiona said. She glanced from Zoe to Cole. “Why is it safer with him?”

“It’s not,” Cole said.

“It is,” Zoe said.

“Zoe…”

“It is, Cole.” She pursed her lips, and he could tell that he wasn’t going to convince her otherwise. “I’m betting my life, and that of my daughter’s, on it.

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