Still Surviving (Book 5): Dark Secrets: by Craven III Boyd

Author:Craven III, Boyd [Craven III, Boyd]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic
Published: 2019-12-13T22:00:00+00:00

14

Linda, Michael and Jay took a small team back to the homestead. They took with them the radio and critical components needed to hook it back up to the batteries and solar bank that we’d disassembled and hidden. We needed to get communications back up and we needed to hear what was going on. Spider’s KGR had my mother? Was this another prop, the same way that Emily’s picture of her being a captive seemed to be a prop?

My emotions were up and down. Jessica, Mary and I were walking slowly around our new camp. It was pretty well hidden, considering there were small cook fires here and there. They didn’t throw off a lot of light, because Linda had shown everybody how to dig a Dakota fire hole, so the hot fires barely threw off any smoke. What we couldn’t hide was the smell of cooking, which carried far.

“What do you want to do for fun?” Mary asked in a quiet voice.

“I don’t know. I was thinking maybe we could all work on some hide and seek?” Jessica answered.

“That doesn’t seem like fun,” Mary said sullenly.

“It’s good practice,” I told her.

“How is it good practice?” she asked suddenly, sounding more interested.

“Teaches you how to hide. That way you can become almost invisible when you’re hunting or trying to sneak up on an animal.”

“Or to sneak up on the bad guys,” Jessica said, kneeling down to tickle her.

Mary stepped backwards. “Was my daddy a bad guy? Is that why Uncle Wes had to…”

Jessica made a choking sound, her hand flying to her mouth, and she turned.

“I’m so sorry, I didn’t mean to—”

“It’s ok,” I told Jess, but I saw her face crumple as she realized what door she’d opened.

“I’ll be right back,” Jessica said walking away.

“Raider, go with her,” I said pointing to her.

Raider made a chuffing sound, then padded away. Jessica’s dogs had gone with Linda, the only other person other than me who they would listen to. She was going to use them to ensure there were no surprises left behind and nobody lingering in the area who had bad intentions. We were 99.99% sure that wasn’t the case, but the dogs would know a lot better than the humans.

“I’m sorry my question made her sad,” Mary said to me after a moment, putting her small hand into mine.

“What do you know about what happened to your dad?” I asked her, emotion rising up inside of me, threatening to make my own feelings of guilt swamp what I’d thought I had gotten over.

“Just what Momma told me. Daddy was trying to shoot up Mister Les, and you guys got him and my uncles in a … wildfire?”

“Crossfire,” I said, almost choking the word out.

“So was my daddy a bad guy?” Mary asked me after a long pause.

“I don’t know,” I told her honestly. “I’ve lived most of my life skirting the law.” We’d started walking to the edge of the camp, closer to the Crater of Diamonds. I found a tree that had blown down in last year’s storms, and sat down on it.

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