Lake, E.A - The No Where Apocalypse 03 - Defending No Where by Lake E.A

Author:Lake, E.A [Lake, E.A]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-08-24T18:30:00+00:00

Day 1,077

Lettie had been gone for almost an hour. Still the tears continued. Not that I hadn’t expected them from Daisy. No, her soft heart and warm feelings made her friend’s leaving difficult. She understood that it had to happen; she just couldn’t hide her sadness.

As Daisy cried, so did Libby. She was what, six now? Her mother was her world. Mine too, but my wife — the one in Chicago — always said I was an emotionless person. Guess she missed the part where I spiked my coffee cup against the wall. The event that led me here, the event that stranded me here.

Daisy and Libby cried openly, sitting together on the bench outside the front door of the cabin. I gave hugs and light kisses, letting them get the sorrow out. I wasn’t heartless, just non-emotional.

A little later, I held Daisy in my arms while Libby chased a butterfly in the yard. Most of the weeping was over. All that was left were the last few sniffles.

“You should go check on Vi and the baby,” she said, rubbing my bare arm. “Make sure she’s okay.”

She was okay. The girl was tougher than a boiled owl. Her father died, no tears. Her mother left, same result. When Wilson led Nate away earlier in the summer, she never even gave it a second glance.

Poking my head inside, I couldn’t find her. The cabin was small, so the task shouldn’t have been hard. In the bedroom, Hope slept peacefully in the bed, pillows and blankets wrapped around her to prevent her from rolling off.

But no Violet…anywhere.

Back in the main room, I paused, wondering where the girl might be. Shrugging, I took a step for the door when I heard something from the far corner. Soft at first, but definitely the sound of crying.

I slid the shower curtain back slowly so as not to startle her. Kneeling, I gave her a small smile.

“What you doing in the shower, Violet?”

With the butt of her palm, she cleaned her cheeks. Glaring at me, her red eyes swam with tears.

“Could you give me a little privacy?” she vented.

“The place is too small for that, sweetie. We’re all in this together.”

Her stare intensified. “Then why aren’t you crying?” she shouted.

I chuckled. “Because I’m heartless, or so some people claim. And it’s the way it has to be. We’ll get fed this way. It’ll be better.”

Her face sank to her hands and the sobbing intensified. “How can you say it’ll be better? This is getting worse every single day.”

Yeah, things were getting ugly. I couldn’t argue with her about that. But we had enough people here to still be okay.

“We’ll be fine,” I replied, rubbing the top of her head.

She looked up at me; her cheeks stained with rivers of dampness. “First my dad, then Dizzy. Then Mom leaves and now Lettie. Who’s next? I can’t take one more person leaving me.”

I opened my arms and she fell against my chest, still heaving with sobs. The girl who never needed a hug needed a hug.

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