Home Fires Burning (Walking in the Rain Book 2) by William Allen

Author:William Allen [Allen, William]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic
Amazon: B00TUFV2VC
Published: 2015-02-19T06:00:00+00:00

“Yeah, and we do have those extra tents and other stuff we picked up. Might be useful to these folks,” I said, trying not to give away too much.

“That is an excellent point,” Scott chimed in with a small smile, and I think he was seeing where I was leading to even faster than Nick. “If you will call Dar and Hazel, I’ll lead Mr. Pearson and his group over to the Walsh farm. If I recall correctly, they even have their old hand pump, so maybe we can even draw some water for them.”

“I’ll go with you,” Glenn said to Scott, but Nick wasn’t letting his cousin off the hook quite so fast.

“I think you need to go see your Mom and Dad first, Glenn. Luke, will you go with Mr. Pearson and help Scott get them settled in for a bit?”

“Sure thing, boss.”

Turning to Scott and James I simply said, “Gentlemen, lead the way.”

I was glad to go. These seemed like nice enough people, if James was any example, but no way was I trusting them enough to let Scott go over there alone. That I’d never seen the place didn’t deter me in the least. I’d become pretty good at sizing up empty houses over the last few months and figuring out a way to break in without making a mess.

Of course, getting these refugees back on their feet and headed in the right direction turned out to be an exercise in herding cats. Exhausted children already slept in a parent’s arms, and I ended up carrying one toddler for a reluctant mother while she trudged along beside me with a little one in a carry pack on her chest.

I could tell she was scared of me, despite James’ assurances of my good intent. If nothing else, I smelled like trouble. Even though I’d showered this morning, I was sure my clothes now stank of gunpowder and blood as well as more than a little sweat. I figured the sweat wouldn’t bother her anyway.

After a hundred yards of walking in silence, the lady finally broke down and asked my name. She was either getting accustomed to my presence or bored. Likely that second one.

“I’m Luke. What’s yours?”

“Stacy. You’re carrying Logan and this little tyke is Sylvia.”

“Cute kids,” was all I could think to say.

Stacy looked tired and road weary enough to sleep while walking. I’d seen it happen on the road, with people too scared to make camp so they just kept walking like zombies. That’s what I called them, in my head. They were the walking dead, after all.

Stacy wasn’t that far gone, but she looked pretty ragged. I couldn’t imagine the horror she must have faced, trying to feed and hydrate two little ones out on the move like they were.

“Is it safe here, Luke?”

Her words caught me by surprise. I thought a minute about her question before answering.

“Safer than most places. These are good people, but not ones to cross. We were just coming back from handling a nest of raiders when Nick got the call we had guests arriving unannounced.

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