The Burning Fields: Book 5 of the Thrilling Post-Apocalyptic Survival Series: (Surviving the Fall Series - Book 5) by Mike Kraus

Author:Mike Kraus
Language: eng
Format: azw3, mobi, epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2017-08-22T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

The Water’s Homestead

Outside Ellisville, VA

It took the better part of an hour for Dianne to regale Jason and Sarah with the story of the last couple of weeks. They had insisted on hearing about what had happened to her before telling their own story and they hung on her every word and description from start to finish.

“D, I am so incredibly sorry. I’m sure he’s fine, though. Just you wait; he’ll be walking through that front door one day soon with a story to tell that you can’t even imagine.” Sarah reached out and put her hand on Dianne’s leg.

Jason, standing at the back door looking out at the half-finished fortifications on the outbuildings, shook his head and snorted. “Damn straight he’s fine. If we can make it back from Maryland and you can turn this place into a cross between a castle and a prison camp I’m sure Rick can handle a little walk.”

“Jason…” Sarah’s tone carried a note of warning in it.

“It’s okay, Sarah.” Dianne nodded and sighed. “Jason’s right. I’m sure Rick’s fine. It’s just so far away and there’s nothing I can do to help him or even try to find him, you know?” Dianne took a deep breath and glanced at her watch before raising her voice to call to Mark in the kitchen.

“Hey Mark? Can you get some water boiling for dinner?”

“Sure thing, mom.”

“Now listen here,” Jason turned from the door. “We don’t need you to use any of your supplies on us. We’ve got our own food and we aren’t about to take anything from your mouths.”

“He’s right.” Sarah looked over at Dianne. “We don’t want you to—”

“Jason. Sarah.” Dianne looked at the both of them as she stood up. “I won’t take ‘no’ for an answer. You’re staying for dinner and for the night and that’s final.” Jason opened his mouth to argue and Dianne pointed a finger in his direction. “And if you try to argue with me I’ll put holes into all four of your tires.”

“Fine.” Jason tried to feign annoyance though Dianne could tell he wasn’t the least bit unhappy about it.

“Good. Now that you’ve listened to me babble on for an hour I want to hear every detail about what you two went through. We went over to check on you and saw your note but you two aren’t the types to take spontaneous trips anywhere. What happened?”

Sarah stood up and patted Jason on the back as she walked into the kitchen to help Dianne with the dinner preparations. “This old man is what happened.”

“Hey, it’s not my fault!” Jason protested as he followed the pair into the kitchen.

“So what happened?” Dianne asked. “You two don’t usually go away on trips.”

“Jason’s had some health issues lately and we got an appointment with a doctor at the Mayo Clinic.” Sarah patted her husband’s hand as she sat down next to him. “We expected it to take several months to get one but this one opened up and we had to take it.

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