Inbound: Impact Book 1 by Isherwood E.E. & Kraus Mike

Author:Isherwood, E.E. & Kraus, Mike
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muonic Press Inc
Published: 2020-02-06T00:00:00+00:00

Kentucky

Ezra hung up the phone and glanced over to Susan, who wore a chiseled mask of apprehension on her face. In retrospect, he regretted asking Grace if she wanted to talk to her mother, though he was surprised she’d said no.

“She didn’t want to talk to me?” Susan asked dryly. His wife had been listening next to Ezra’s ear as he chatted with Grace, but she didn’t speak up during the call.

“You heard what Grace said. She needed to go; she’s driving. She said to send you her love.” Grace and her mother had been at odds since she moved to Wyoming, and their recent calls were strained, at best. Susan was a saint, at least in Ezra’s eyes, yet she did have one blind spot about being overprotective of Grace. Losing her daughter to a job in the wilderness was one factor in the stormy return of Susan’s panic attacks, and some of their calls got heated with name-calling; things Susan later regretted in private, though she was too stubborn to tell her daughter. All that seemed like another lifetime to Ezra.

“Well, thank the good Lord she’s okay,” Susan said, visibly relaxing.

He wanted to shift tracks as fast as possible, so he held up the piece of paper with notes on it. “We’ve got to give this to Babs. I want to finish what I said I’d do, then leave her to it. We’ll hunker down in here and see what happens out there.”

“Are we going to warn people?” Susan pointed to the phone. “Grace said everyone needed to find shelter for what’s coming. The neighborhood and county roads are filled with people lost, bewildered, or fleeing the destruction.”

She was right, except he didn’t know what to do about it for those on the outside. The thing he knew with certainty was how to take care of Susan. They’d use Roger’s basement when the time came to stay alive during the next impact. Once the debris fell to Earth—assuming they survived—he’d make good on his promise to travel to Wyoming and reunite with Grace. The good news was he no longer had to worry about a moving truck.

He came up with a plan. “Grace said we have until tonight. Let’s use our time to tell the neighbors about what’s coming. If Babs keeps her nose out of it, we can probably convince some of them to prepare. We’ll see what’s possible for the people on the road as we get closer to nightfall. Sound like a plan?” Ezra smiled like he was posing for a portrait.

“Don’t think I don’t see what you did. When will you learn you can’t pull one over on me?” She put her hands on her hips to show her displeasure, which was a posture Grace had also perfected.

He wasn’t sure what she was talking about. “I didn’t clap this time.”

“No, you’re afraid for me. I’m not upset she didn’t want to talk, you know. She’ll talk to me when she’s ready. Nothing I said back then was wrong.

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