The Survivor On the Road by White Angela

Author:White, Angela
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Action & Adventure
Publisher: Cloud 9 Publications
Published: 2010-10-27T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

February 24th, 2013

Wyoming, near Kemmerer

1

Kenn listened to the early morning chatter at the Boss’s center table with only half an ear—something he usually never did. He was busy searching for a way to tell Adrian about the coming storm. He had no doubts, had seen the deep snow drifts around the tarp-covered outlines of two vehicles (two!), but how could he convince Adrian without telling him about Angela?

Lie, his mind whispered, and Kenn looked up guiltily to see everyone staring at him.

“Sorry, what?” he sputtered.

Adrian frowned. “Supply list?”

Kenn handed it to him from the stack on the table, being careful not to let the stiff wind rip it from his fingers. “Here ya go.”

Adrian looked it over, nodded, and turned to Neil. “Who’s going with you?”

The cop handed him a smaller sheet of paper as a bird’s wild call echoed, and they all looked up at the grit-covered sky. Tension gripped the crowd in the Mess, but when the bird wasn’t spotted, normal noises slowly resumed. Wind blowing tarps, the clink of dishes, footsteps, vehicles lining up for a full days travel—Adrian told himself he was just jumpy.

“There are the names and some other details. Do you want…”

Kenn let their conversation fade away from him again, mind clearly not on the meeting.

Adrian sighed, banging his cup down hard on the picnic table. Everyone jumped, and the Marine’s eyes flew to his. “Is there something I should know?”

“Yeah,” Kenn confirmed quickly, feeling relief.

“It’s gonna snow tonight, and we’ll be caught out in the open unless we get ready,” Kenn announced, then waited, dreading the questions that would force him to lie to Adrian.

“Snow?”

Kenn set his cup down and squared his shoulders. “From the south, at least a foot by midnight, maybe more. We need to hole up somewhere.”

Kyle, Doug, and Neil were looking at him with open mouths, but Adrian’s tone was thoughtful.

“And what do you suggest?”

“We passed a mall in Green River and a roller rink back in Rock Springs, but really, Kemmerer’s only a few miles away, and it has a bowling alley with a mall across the street. We’ll hook up heat, maybe even get a few lanes going,” Kenn stated casually, ignoring the frowning guards. Adrian’s opinion was the only one that mattered.

“You’re sure?”

Kenn didn’t look away. “I must be. I’m risking my new place here on it, right?”

Adrian cocked an eyebrow and looked at him flatly. “Yes, you are. The bowling alley in Kemmerer?”

“Yeah, Sage Lanes. It could snow for a week, and we’d be okay there,” Kenn said, still seeing the snow-covered vehicles in his mind. Not one, but two. Angie wasn’t alone.

The other three men wanted to question but didn’t because they also knew that only Adrian’s decision really mattered. They could feel him weighing it, even as all five of them turned to watch money—a large number of twenties—go blowing by with the gusty Wyoming wind. Two of them still felt the natural urge to gather it up, despite its uselessness.

Adrian looked around.

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