What Remains Series (Book 4): Evasion by Greene Kellee L

Author:Greene, Kellee L. [Greene, Kellee L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Survival | Thriller
Published: 2020-01-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Twyla scratched the hair near her temple. “It would just be your daughter staying here?”

“No,” I said firmly as I shook my head. “All of them.”

“Good, because I don’t want to be responsible for her. I’m quite busy here most of the time and I’d worry I couldn’t keep an eye on her. What if you can’t find your sister?”

“I’ll come back,” I said firmly. “Either way, no matter what, I’ll come back. I wouldn’t ever leave Maddie forever.”

Twyla inhaled and her eyebrows squeezed together. “You might not have a choice in the matter. What if you can’t escape the base like your friend supposedly did? You’re just going to risk losing your daughter forever for all of this?”

“I’ll get out,” I said. “Nothing will stop me from getting back to her. But if we stay here with you without trying to get my sister back, I’ll lose Maddie forever. She wouldn’t ever forgive me for giving up and abandoning my sister.”

“I think it’s risky and utterly foolish but I’m not entirely sure I can blame you,” Twyla said. “I was an only child so I don’t understand exactly but if it were Brock out there or Lily, nothing would stop me from getting to them.”

“Exactly,” I said. “Nothing will stop me from getting back to Maddie.”

Twyla’s shoulders straightened. “There could be one thing that stops you.”

“What’s that?”

“If you don’t get back to us before we leave this place, you’ll be out there alone,” Twyla said. “I can give you directions to where we’re headed but I won’t wait here for you when I have all these other people I need to worry about.”

“I understand and I didn’t ask you to wait. I wouldn’t ask that of you,” I said. “How long before you leave here?”

Twyla looked around as if our surroundings would give her the answers. “At least a week yet.” Twyla exhaled. “What’s she going to do when she finds out you’ve left her here?”

My spine rolled forward. “Freak out but Blake will be able to manage it. How far away from here is the base?”

“Six miles give or take,” Twyla said. “You were so close. The reason we initially planted ourselves here was because of all the people heading north.”

“Lucky they didn’t find you,” I said.

“We’re pretty well hidden back here. And we’re rather efficient at defending ourselves.” Twyla grinned with a raised, proud eyebrow.

I nodded. “The people in the jumpsuits seemed rather afraid of you.”

“It’s taken us a bit to get to this point but this is how we like it,” Twyla said. There was a long pause before she spoke again. She looked around at the people gathered in the cafeteria. “So, what exactly are you planning to do?”

“I’m not entirely sure,” I said swallowing down a sour taste at the back of my throat. “I think I’ll just tell them we’re staying. Maddie will throw a fit and tonight, after she falls asleep, I’ll leave.”

Twyla studied me. “You’re sure about this?”

“No, but I have to do it.

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