The Unfolding Blackout (Book 1): A Girl Betrayed by Aborn A.L

Author:Aborn, A.L. [Aborn, A.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic
Publisher: Angry Eagle Publishing
Published: 2020-01-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Spring into Summer

The next morning, Jake is sitting up and talking to Adam when I get downstairs. Ally is making everyone breakfast. The dogs, now used to Adam and Jake, are laying near the woodstove, eyeing the kitchen hoping for scraps. It’s weird really; like a family. The thought takes me aback for a moment.

Just then, Brad walks through the door. His face is red from the cold. “Feels like snow,” he says. The last few days have been in the low forties. We’ve all been looking forward to spring. The thought of more snow leaves me with mixed feelings.

Ally serves up scrambled eggs and a slab of venison that she cooked on the woodstove in a cast iron pan. All of us sit around the table, even Jake, to eat. It feels good; all of us smiling and chatting over food. Somehow the picture of the end of the world that I’d always had doesn’t match up to this. Even though it feels good, I watch the big chunks of venison that Adam is swallowing and try not to think that that could be one less bite for someone else, or me. I push my selfish thoughts away. He’s Brad’s family. Just enjoy what is here, now.

“Daddy?” Jake pipes up.

“Yeah, buddy?”

“When are we going home? I miss Grandma.”

Adam looks around at the rest of us, his gaze lingering on me for a moment.

Oh man. Please do not stay here because of me.

“Let’s ask your nurse what she thinks.” He answers.

All eyes on me. Does he want me to answer that they should stay? Leave?

I decide to be honest.

“I’m going to have to look at your arm after breakfast, but I think if you’re feeling well enough, you could go home today.”

“Yay!” Jake exclaims. “Can we Dad? Can we?”

I smile at his enthusiasm. Adam catches my eye over Jake’s head, a slight question in his eye. What does that mean?

“As long as your arm is okay, we’ll ride home in a little bit. If it’s going to snow, we might as well leave before a storm.”

The rest of breakfast is lost to me. I’m too wrapped up in my own thoughts. What does it mean to me if he leaves? Will I miss him? Or do I just want it to go back to being the three of us? I’m not sure. What if this wasn’t the end of the world? Would I want to be with him then? I don’t think so. Well. I don’t know. A part of me knows that I am just looking for companionship and missing Jason. But I feel bad, like I’m using him.

Ha! The end of the world is stressful to me because I’m using someone. Wow.

This is my life now. Though not one I had ever envisioned.

After the breakfast dishes are cleared away, Jake sits willingly in the chair for me to look at his arm. The prospect of going home is all that he can focus on. Gingerly, I peel back the dressing.

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