The Breadwinner Trilogy (Book 3): All Good Things by Kopas Stevie

Author:Kopas, Stevie [Kopas, Stevie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Publisher: Permuted Press
Published: 2015-05-12T04:00:00+00:00

VII

Andrew’s face grew hot and he felt a wave of nausea come over him. The sketches of his dead fiancée trembled in his hands and he looked from his brother to Gary and back to Clyde again. The room began to spin and he let out an exasperated cry as he began to hyperventilate. He sprang up from the couch and ran to the sliding glass door, throwing it open. He rushed out into the late afternoon sun, vomiting the contents of his stomach over the railing.

“Drew!” Clyde called out to his brother.

“Leave him be,” Gary said quietly. “Let him take it in.”

The two men could hear Andrew’s hushed sobs and Gary moved to the balcony door. “We’re right here when you’re ready,” he said as he slid the door shut.

Andrew allowed the door to close without any further conversation. His sobs rocked his broad shoulders and he looked up to the sky, ready to curse God. Ready to throw himself from the balcony and end his suffering right then and there. His fate was sealed, he was a dying man. A dying man who just found out that the love of his life had been murdered… and he wanted nothing more than to be rejoined with her.

But as he looked up, he couldn’t help but notice an enormous white bird, flying solo, overhead. He was never a Birder, but he knew a Great White Egret when he saw one, even from such a great distance away. They were getting rarer in the Southeast, and he’d always remember the first time he ever saw one.

Andrew was five years old, visiting his grandfather on the Alabama coast. They were out fishing and hours had passed before he finally saw the end of his pole move. He jumped up and hollered for his grandpa in excitement as he struggled with the fishing pole on the small craft. He remembered the way his heart raced as his grandfather rushed over to help him reel in his very first catch.

As soon as that fish left the water it was gone. Andrew saw the shadow before he heard the wings and the biggest bird he’d ever seen swooped down and stole his fish.

“Grandpa!” Andrew hid behind the old man, terrified of the large, white bird.

His grandfather chuckled, patting the small boy on the head. “Ain’t nothin’ to be scared of. Come on,” he picked the boy up and pointed out over the water at the beautiful thief, fish in mouth, gliding through the air. “Ain’t he pretty?”

Little Andrew beamed, smile stretching from ear to ear. “He looks like an angel!”

Andrew found himself smiling again as the memory came and went. It was always one of his favorites.

He watched the bird soar, the sun illuminating the majestic white feathers that covered the vast expanse of its wings, creating a sort of halo. A final tear rolled down his dark cheek and he wiped it away. “Thank you,” he said to the sky. He watched the creature until it finally disappeared from sight.

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