Meridia Falls Series 1 Books 1 & 2: The Spark & Sunburst (Meridia Falls Boxsets) by D.B. Green

Author:D.B. Green [Green, D.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Orlando House Publishing
Published: 2017-06-11T06:00:00+00:00

19:41 GMT-4

THE MERIDIAN CINEMA | MERIDIA FALLS

Penny struggles with the cinema door. She slams her shoulder hard against the frame, but it’s like the door is fighting back. It won’t budge. I lean forward and push with her, instantly regretting using my injured hand. Hot pain swells around my knuckles and my fingers tense together. “Crap.” I fight the urge to scream and switch hands, pushing harder against the frame.

Finally, the door opens with a soft hiss and cold air rushes out into the street. It’s like we’ve broken a vacuum seal. My eyes sting at the sudden blast of chilly wind.

“Be careful with your hand.” Penny glances at the diamond glove. “I don’t want you to make it worse.” She lets go of the door and flicks at the light switch. Nothing happens. “Shit. The breaker’s tripped again,” she says, frantically searching through her pocket. “I dropped my flashlight in the forest.”

“Here, take mine.” I pull the flashlight out of my pocket and hand it over. Keeping my foot against the door, I lean back out into the street. Maz stands with her hand resting against the wall as she stares down Main Street, looking for any sign of Steve. “Are you coming in?” I ask. She turns, lost in a thought for a second, then charges past me into the lobby.

She shivers as I close the door, her breath swirling in the flickering light. “It’s freakin’ colder in here than outside.” She glances over her shoulder as I turn the last key, locking the door.

Penny aims the flashlight through the lobby entrance and into the darkness of the restaurant. “Do you think you can make it up to my apartment?” she asks, pointing the flashlight towards the staircase at the back. “While I sort out the breaker… and the furnace?”

Maz flips open her cell phone. The tiny screen hardly makes a dent in the darkness. “We’ll be fine,” she says, linking her arm around mine.

I catch a fleeting glimpse of Penny’s scowl as she waves the flashlight. “I’ll not be long,” she says. “There should be power in my apartment. I had a separate line put in…” She pauses for a second, shining the flashlight around the lobby. “It’s the new power line that keeps causing the breaker to trip. For some reason, it shuts down the furnace too. I was going to get it fixed…” Her voice trails off. “Not much point now.”

“You got any extra heating up there?” Maz presses herself close to me. “Shared warmth,” she whispers in my ear.

The flashlight beam hits our faces, like a prison searchlight targeting a convict on the run. “No. Just the extra power line.” Penny keeps the beam fixed on Maz’s face. “Don’t worry, the furnace is old, but it’s a good one. It will warm the place up real quick,” she says. “If I can get it back on, that is.” Her voice fades into a quiet whisper.

Maz shields her eyes with her hand. “You better get it back on.

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