Radio Silence by Alyssa Cole

Author:Alyssa Cole [Cole, Alyssa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: dystopia, love, romance, new adult, science ficiton
Publisher: Carina Press
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

“Kids in Europe start drinking when they’re, like, ten,” Maggie said when John passed her over while pouring rice wine at dinner that night. We were all still a little shaken up by the great deer invasion of early afternoon, and those of us over the age of twenty-one handled it like adults—by purposefully destroying brain cells.

“Send me a postcard from Europe when you arrive,” John said, placing the bottle down on the wooden table.

Maggie took a sip of her diet soda and looked around the table conspiratorially. “We should do something tomorrow night.”

“Something like what?” Gabriel asked. His gaze flicked to my face for a second, and then back down to his food. He hadn’t spoken to me since we’d sat down at the table, but I kept catching him looking at me. I played it cool¸ but my stomach fluttered each time I caught his searing gaze directed at me, however briefly. I couldn’t stop thinking of his mouth and hands on me and wondered if he was having the same problem.

“Like a game night,” Maggie said.

“That sounds like fun,” Gabriel said. “What kind of games?” I could see from the crease in his brow that he was already catastrophizing, as if she was a toddler and not a teen. “Like, are you talking a scavenger hunt in the woods or board games?”

His helicopter brothering made sense. Although we’d had several talks about being more vigilant, he hadn’t told John and Maggie about the footprints near the bodies to my knowledge. A plan that involved heading into the woods wouldn’t be the craziest thing for a teenager trapped in a house with her annoying siblings to come up with.

“A casino night,” Maggie said, brightening up as if selling us on the concept. Gabriel relaxed a bit. “Mom and Dad have a poker set, with chips and everything. It could be fun.”

“You know how to play poker?” I asked.

“I’m Korean,” she said, the “duh” heavily implied by her tone.

“I taught her when she was still in diapers,” John corrected, although he was smiling at his sister in adoration.

“And I want to make dinner again, since my Spam casserole didn’t turn out so great the other night. I need a pen and paper, so I can make an itinerary for tomorrow,” she said excitedly, jumping up from the table.

“Do you really need to—” Gabriel started, but I interrupted him.

“Go get the pen and paper so you can write down everything you’ll need. We can help you plan your dinner menu too,” I said to Maggie.

He gave me a confused look, but instead of arguing he stood and started collecting the empty dishes.

When Maggie returned, she sat and wrote “Casino Night in Purgatory” in loopy letters at the top of a piece of paper. “We were reading Dante in English class,” she explained when we groused about the title.

She then proceeded to make a tight schedule of every moment between six and nine o’clock the next night, happily letting everyone know what games they’d be enjoying at what time.

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