The Three Lives of Cate Kay by Fagan Kate

Author:Fagan,Kate
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2025-01-07T00:00:00+00:00

CATE KAY

The Very Last

Jeremiah collapsed outside city hall; the camera crashed to the ground, leaving viewers with a shot of the curb. Samantha knelt next to him, shaking his shoulders, trying to wake him up. But then she heard the crackling of audio and looked up: two firemen, in full hazmat suits and gas masks, running toward them. They looked like astronauts. Samantha squeezed Jeremiah’s hand, held it for a moment, hoping his eyes would open. But a second later the men were pushing into her space, covering his mouth with an oxygen mask. She stood, backed away without a word.

She glanced at the camera, still by his feet, then toward city hall. She hated herself for the thought, but she knew she needed to keep going—to finish the story they had started. After all, they’d come this far, hadn’t they? The world needed to see what happened next, and only Samantha could show them. She bent over and grabbed the top handle of the camera, lifting it up and away, careful to keep the lens pointed away from Jeremiah. She took one step backward, then another, unwilling to fully commit to this terrible course of action, but as she framed a shot of city hall, she told herself that this decision was essential, maybe even brave.

Love didn’t always mean staying. She walked toward city hall, talking to the viewer about what she hoped to find inside—a working subway station, survivors, information. What those hundreds of millions of viewers didn’t see was Samantha glancing over her shoulder, catching a glimpse of the soles of Jeremiah’s black Converse, her tears mixing with the dirt and dust and God knows what else.

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