Lights Out (Book 1): The Crash by Cal Sarah

Author:Cal, Sarah [Cal, Sarah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | EMP | Survival
Publisher: Sarah Cal
Published: 2018-08-11T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

It was just growing dark by the time she made it to her neighborhood, though she hadn't been paying much attention. She could have walked herself right into a ditch, her body moving on muscle memory to get her home. Anything could have happened, but she just felt apathetic right then, like nothing mattered.

Emma arrived at home, and the first thing she saw when she let herself in was Janice. It hit her first that she could see, realizing as she glanced around that some candles had been lit and placed around the room. She wondered where they'd come from and how long they would last. They didn’t seem to be the scented ones her sister was always using, though.

Her grandmother seemed to be confused again, but the look cleared before Emma had to go through the now routine of reminding her grandmother of who she was and the situation going around them.

"Ah, Emma. There you are. Did you know there aren’t any lights on anywhere?" Then she smiled. "Oh! How was your day at school?"

Janice kept forgetting. It was the nature of her condition, she forgot random things, sometimes she would remind her but the older woman would act as if she didn't know what Emma was talking about. She was lucky this time Janice had recognized her without prompt, but she'd forgotten everything before the accident, and Emma wondered just how much. She wondered if she was going to have to tell her about all of it, explain everything that had happened to her, as if living through it hadn't been bad enough.

No.

The word quivered in her mind, not strong enough to be a thought. She didn’t want to, but after the awful day she'd just had, she burst into tears.

She had been trying so hard not to think about it, but she couldn’t handle her grandmother right then. It wasn’t the older woman's fault, and when she saw, through her stream of tears, the older woman's face crumpling in concern, she only cried harder.

Somewhere inside the house, Chase must have heard her, because Emma could just suddenly hear loud, thumping footsteps through the sound of her loud sobs. He came running, and Emma was suddenly enveloped in warm, strong arms, like so many times before. Forget trying to be strong, she let herself fall into his embrace as she continued crying her eyes out.

He was saying something, rather than hear it, she could feel it where she pressed against him, vibrating through his chest. They stood like that for some moments, but then he pushed her away. She felt panic spike her chest, but he didn't let her go, keeping his hands on her arms and shaking her a little.

Emma wiped at the tears flowing from her eyes until she could see his face. The twisting of pain and concern in his own face made her try to calm herself down. After a moment, she managed to calm her near hyperventilating to ragged breaths. Her body gave one hard shudder, and she could see his concern ratchet up a notch.

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