Lights Out (Book 2): Under Attack 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 14

They walked home in silence, holding hands all the way there. Emma felt serene, even though she felt the aches all over her body the longer they walked. Home wasn’t far, but her body protested every step of the way with the poor conditions she'd been left in for the past several days.

Still, she was happy. She felt like she was walking on air, she was that excited that she got to go home with Chase. She'd have to return the next day to leave the gun and get news on whatever job she was supposed to be doing now, but she could think of that when tomorrow came. It was still early in the morning, but she planned to go to sleep in her bed as soon as she felt tired, and she wouldn’t leave for a long time.

She day dreamed, as she walked, of getting home, filling a tub with hot water and sliding in it for an hour or longer to wash off the muck on her body. It was a luxury she had never allowed herself before and wished she could have now. She knew better, though. They were still worried about water, she was pretty sure it was going to have to be cut off at some point. There was no power so they would need to find a way to get clean, filtered water after the generators went out. They already had some stored in tanks, but it wouldn’t last long once the water supply was cut off, so it was another worry to look forward to.

The few luxuries they did have might not last all that long. Still, she dreamed of it and let that be enough for the moment.

When she arrived home, Janice was waiting at the door for them. It reminded Emma of the day of the crash, when she left the crash site at the end of the day to find her grandmother waiting for her just like this when she eventually made it home. She released Chase's hand, rushing ahead, and just like that day, Janice greeted her with a long hug. Though thankfully, this time there were no tears.

"Oh Emma, you have no idea how badly we wanted you to get home," she whispered. Then she pulled away, and Emma noticed just how drawn she looked, even if she wasn’t crying.

"Grandma, what is it?"

She threw a look at Chase, before turning back to Janice. She had forgotten again to ask what was going on at home. She felt a little ashamed of herself of forgetting her family like that. She hadn't thought much about them at all since the day she left town, not as much as she should have anyway. And to come home after being away for so long to see her grandmother this distraught...

"Everything had fallen apart here ever since you left. The neighbor you had come to look after us, I didn’t want to let her stay here after the first day, and it was so bad, Emma.

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