UK Dark Series (Book 1): UKD1 by Harris Chris

Author:Harris, Chris [Harris, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Dystopian
Publisher: DHP Publishing
Published: 2017-06-19T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

As soon as we were back in the road, Pete gave orders for the gap in the barricade to be closed by pushing the waiting car in front of it. Plenty of people appeared to help unload the supplies from the Land Rover and trailer. On the drive back I talked to Jerry about his supplies.

“I think it would be a great idea if you offered some of your supplies to the community as a thank you gift. You needn’t worry because, with what you’ve got left hidden back at your house, together with what I’ve got in storage, we’ll have enough to feed both our families for a very long time. Giving some away would be a good way of deflecting any jealousy when people see what we’re unloading.”

While Jerry introduced himself to everyone who had gathered round to help, I organised a chain of people to help carry the supplies into the house.

There was an appreciative round of applause when I told them all that Jerry was going to donate a part of what he had to the road. The remaining supplies still made an impressive pile once they were all unloaded and stacked in our hallway.

We showed Jerry and Fiona the spare bedroom in which Becky had thoughtfully set up a travel cot for Jack, and a blow-up bed for Larry. Becky and Fiona had hit it off immediately. Becky couldn’t stop fussing over Jack as her maternal instincts kicked in the way that they do, when any woman with older children comes within ten feet of a young baby. I just knew that in bed later, Becky would start talking about how nice it would be for Stanley and Daisy to have a little brother or sister. “Well, at least this time I’ll have a great excuse. After all, the end of the world as we know it, is happening outside our bedroom window! Surely she’ll see sense?”

I showed Jerry the supplies I had stored in the garage and the playroom.

He was very impressed with how much we had, and how we’d organised it so that any items we needed could easily be reached.

Pete and Allan dropped in to see how Jerry and his family were settling in. Pete gave me an update on how the road’s defence plan was going. Both ends of the road now had a barrier of cars across and most of the neighbours who lived at the ends of the road had seen the sense in moving closer together. The arrangements to move into either one of the empty houses, or in with friends, were progressing nicely. A lot more work needed to be done, but it was a start, and at least the neighbours were mostly all cooperating.

Allan arranged to move in with Pete and his family. He was going to spend tonight and probably most of tomorrow at the police station, sorting out what equipment they had stored there, and getting it ready to be moved. We discussed

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