Island Jumper 2 by M. H. Ryan

Author:M. H. Ryan [Ryan, M. H.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-02-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

“Help me with the bed,” I said, and pulled Cass away from the opening so the rain would stop hitting her feet.

“Screw you!” Aubrey yelled at the tree that rudely decided we needed a sunroof. “I swear…this freaking-fracking island is trying to make us miserable as it can. If we ever get back to Yang Island, we’re never leaving again. I’ll live off slugs and sweet water and croc embryos before leaving again!” she screamed, and the storm seemed to respond with another howling gust and thunder that all but drowned out her threats.

We stood on the far side of the cabin and stared at the destruction.

I leaned down, close to Eliza and asked, “Are you okay?”

She looked up at me with tears building in her eyes. This house was more than just four walls and some wicker furniture—it was her home for her entire life. She knew nothing else but this. It had given her comfort and might have been a good reason for keeping her sanity. Now, half of it was destroyed, and it wasn’t like we could go to Home Depot for supplies or put on Facebook that she needed a team of volunteers to help rebuild. Fixing this would be a long process, and one she likely would never complete. This was the death of her house, and I saw it all over her face.

Her face crumbled into a cry, and it broke my heart. I pulled her close to me in a hug, and she buried her face in my chest. I felt her body shaking as she sobbed. The other girls were scared and looked from Eliza and me to the opening in the ceiling. I just held onto Eliza and I felt her hand go behind me, and up my back, gripping me tightly.

Moshe finally climbed down from the wall and paced near the rain, as if thinking she might be able to fight the thing that had given it such a fright.

“I should have kept that damn blanket,” Aubrey complained. “Stupid Lieutenant Dan.”

“Ha,” Benji said, pointing at Aubrey. “Forrest Gump.”

Aubrey rolled her eyes. “This is going to be like us on the shrimp boat, you know.”

“You think?” Benji said, looking excited.

“Who wanted the comfort of some house anyway,” Sherri said, looking just as excited as Benji. She skipped below the hole in the ceiling and let the warm rainwater pour over her body. It rained down her face and over her chest. “Now this is a real adventure. Us versus nature.” He raised her fists to the open sky.

“You’re insane,” Aubrey said.

“I’ll take this over Yin,” Kara said quietly.

“It’s only water,” Sherri said, jumping in a circle, hands up and welcoming the rain over her body. Her feet stomped in the growing puddle under her.

Eliza looked out from my chest at Sherri and wiped her nose, laughing while she still held tightly to me.

“You okay?” I asked again.

She looked up at me with red-rimmed eyes. “You guys are my new home. I don’t need this place.

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