Then There Was You by Heather Thurmeier

Author:Heather Thurmeier [Thurmeier, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Heather Thurmeier
Published: 2016-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Sara glared at Dane from across her bowl of oatmeal. After the amazing sexy time they’d had the night before, he’d shut down at the mention of wanting to find her family. He’d barely spoken to her since. And there hadn’t been an encore presentation like usual.

“Ready to deal with it yet?” she asked. She didn’t want to talk about it either, but sitting around playing the silent-treatment game wouldn’t do them any good. Better to air out their grievances.

“I don’t understand why you want to leave something you worked so hard to get.”

“I don’t want to leave. I have to leave. Don’t you see the difference?”

He shook his head. “Either way, you’re saying going out there and risking what you have in here is worth it, when I don’t agree.”

“You don’t agree finding my family is important enough for me to risk my comfort?” Shocked didn’t begin to encompass what she felt. “I can’t forget they exist. And now I know the world hasn’t completely collapsed while we’ve been in here. I have to go find them.”

“I thought the plan was to get here. Stay here.” Dane smacked his hand on the table, making the dishes jump and their coffees spill.

“It was. But we were supposed to be here together, with my family, and we aren’t. I have to find them. They would look for me.”

“Where are you planning on looking for your family first? That cluster of forest, or the other? Or maybe you want to go looking for their cars on the highway. Sounds like a fun way to get yourself shot by scavengers.”

Sara couldn’t stop the annoyance creeping up her spine. Dane didn’t give her any credit. He thought he always knew better than she did in every situation. Well, look at where that had landed him—right in the middle of a group of angry men who had been intent on taking them both out. It had been Sara who’d saved him. Yet he spoke to her like she was a child incapable of taking care of herself.

“I won’t get shot, and I’m not looking for a needle in a haystack. This,” she said, motioning to the bunker, “wasn’t the only investment we made in our futures. We had plans, then more plans, then backup plans beyond those.”

“So, you really think you know where your family might be?”

“Yes. If they didn’t make it here, then they went to our Plan B location.” Her confidence grew.

“And if they didn’t make it to Plan B, wherever the hell that is?” he asked.

“Then they made it to Plan C,” she said, matter-of-factly.

Dane crossed his arms. “How many plans are there?”

“Enough that my family will survive where others will fail.” She lounged in her chair and copied his pose. If he wanted to act like a hard-ass, then so could she.

“No. It’s too risky. Too many variables. Too many unknowns.”

Did he just say no, as if he’s my keeper?

“Your family wouldn’t want you to compromise your safety by going on a wild goose chase.

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