Survive the Aftermath (Small Town EMP Book 2) by Grace Hamilton

Author:Grace Hamilton [Hamilton, Grace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-08-07T16:00:00+00:00

21

Austin glanced over at Amanda sitting high on Raven’s back as the two of them rode at a leisurely pace away from the house. They’d been riding for thirty minutes or so without saying a word. It was a warm day, but with the shade from the tall trees and the relaxed gait of the horses, the ride was very comfortable. He could hear birds singing and the occasional rustle of leaves as the birds flitted around between branches. He knew Amanda was giving him time to cool off. Things had been tense. That fight had been brewing for some time. He was sure the rest of the house had been feeling the tension between the brothers for days. Wendell’s manipulations had only made things worse.

“Maybe he’ll leave,” she blurted out.

“What?” Austin asked, turning to look at her.

“Wendell. Maybe we can get him to leave. I think things would be so much more relaxed if he was gone. I caught him talking to Harlen yesterday, trying to fill his ear with a bunch of nonsense about things you and Nash were saying. He’s stirring the pot, Austin. He has a purpose, and I’m not sure what it is, but we’d be better off without him.”

Austin rolled his eyes at the idea of what Wendell might have been doing to rile everyone up. Nothing would surprise him. “The guy’s a weasel. That’s the only word I can come up with. He’s one of the main reasons I don’t want to live at that house indefinitely. He has some weird obsession with my brother, I’ll tell you that; guy’s going to end up killing us all one of these days so he can have Ennis all to himself.”

Amanda chuckled. “I agree.”

“I shouldn’t have hit him,” Austin muttered.

Amanda nodded, catching his eye. “No, but I don’t think it was all that bad. You two have been circling each other since we got here. I’m guessing this rivalry goes back a lot longer than a few weeks.”

He scoffed. “He’s always been jealous of me. I don’t think Mom liked me better, but Ennis sure thought so. It’s just Ennis that has always been a little different, more needy of her attention and affection, and that fed into it. We have a hard time when we’re together for any length of time, but it’s nothing new.”

“I don’t have brothers or sisters, but I don’t think a little sibling rivalry is all that rare. I’m going to venture a guess and say having a house full of strangers and trying to survive the end of the world as we know it has created a fair bit more stress than anyone is accustomed to dealing with. We’ll take some time today and maybe tonight, and the two of you can talk—alone. Without me or Wendell around. This is between you guys,” she advised. “Us being there only made it worse, I think, but maybe this morning will have eased some of the tension when we get back. I don’t know if you could see it, but he saw things had gone too far, too.

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