Survive by Courtney Konstantin

Author:Courtney Konstantin [Konstantin, Courtney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Courtney Konstantin
Published: 2018-03-18T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

"I want to bury her," Griffin demanded. The argument was an endless circle, that had already gone on for an hour. Max had woken with the sun, even after going to bed well into the AM hours of the morning. She wanted to break the news to Griffin without him walking in and finding her dead. She had thought they would be sad, eat breakfast, and get on the road. However, Griffin had other plans.

"She doesn't know what you're doing for her, Griffin. We need to get on the road," Max said. She was packing things into her go bag. Without asking she had started loading items into the truck. Turner had gone to check on the father and child they had saved the day before but was surprised by an empty room. Max didn't see any other reason to stay around.

"But it's only right. I won't leave her body to rot in this motel."

Max groaned. She could barely handle sentimentality on a regular day. They didn't have normal days anymore. Taking time to bury a body was a normal thing to do. She looked at Griffin's face. He insisted he didn't know Sarah long, but they met at the first shelter and she had attached herself to him. Max could see he felt responsible for her and she had died while she was with them. And now Griffin thought he had failed. She took a deep breath, trying to sort through her need to follow her instincts and understand the emotional need he had.

"Ok, ok. I give up. We'll bury her. Where do you want to do this? And we will have to go back into town for shovels," Max said. Griffin touched her arm and looked into her eyes.

"Thank you."

"Yeah, well I guess we could scavenge more from town anyhow. It wasn't overly looted. I'm not sure if the town just turned fast, or if people are hiding," Max said, shrugging off the thanks. Griffin didn't answer, just nodded and went back inside the motel room to tell Turner the plan. Jack exited a few moments later and came to stand next to Max, who had frozen in her loading since they weren't leaving.

"That's a nice thing you did, Momma," Jack said.

"What did I do?"

"Agreeing to bury Sarah," she said quietly.

"Well we're a group, I'm not anyone's boss. We have to agree," Max said. And she meant that. She got her wish by having Griffin accompany them to Montana. Still, she wouldn't force him to go if he decided not to.

"I like that," the little girl smiled, a little mischief in her eyes.

"Oh, that doesn't count, little girl. You're still a child. I get your say. So, I guess I should have two votes," Max said, putting her finger to her chin as if she were thinking. Jack laughed and pushed her mom with her shoulder.

The trip into town was made as a group. The main street hadn't changed overnight. It was eerily still and silent. If

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