Get out of Town by Micol Ostow

Author:Micol Ostow [Ostow, Micol]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2019-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

If I’d had a momentary twitch when Veronica said harbinger, the sudden darkness pushed me over the edge. I grabbed Veronica tightly—too tightly, it was reflexive; I was freaked out—and pulled her in even closer than she’d been.

“Always my white knight,” she said, running a free hand in small circles between my shoulder blades. “I think we all must have a little post-traumatic stress disorder, being back at the literal scene of the crime, but it must be most acute for you.”

“I’m fine,” I said, gruff.

“Maybe that’s true”—her lips found mine again, taking me by surprise in the dark—“but it doesn’t have to be. Archie, I love that you’re so determined to protect us all. And you can be strong—for us, for yourself—if that’s how you’re feeling, if that’s what you want. But you don’t have to be strong to the exclusion of any other emotion. What happened to us was scary. And messy. And now we’re reliving some of it. And it’s okay if that feels scary. And messy.”

And just like that—just when I’d thought I couldn’t possibly love her more—I realized how right she was, how amazing and smart she was, and how lucky I was to have her in my corner.

“I would be feeling a little better if it weren’t pitch-black down here,” I admitted. “It’s not even storming or anything. What’s going on?”

I could actually feel her shoulders scrunch up in a shrug, against me. “We’re so far up in the mountains,” she explained. “No matter how much a person pays—and believe me, Daddy spared no expense—electricity, internet, all the wiring can sometimes be a little touch and go. The good news—”

So there was a “good news” in this whole situation. It wasn’t as reassuring as I would have liked.

“—is that Daddy, like any good homesteader, prepared for this eventuality. We’re hooked up to a backup generator that will engage automatically. We just have to wait a few minutes.”

She took my hand and led me to a small leather sofa in one corner. “We may as well get comfortable,” she said. “After all, even when the power comes back on, we may have a long night ahead of ourselves.”

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.