As We Fall: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (Against All Odds Book 1) by Jack Hunt

Author:Jack Hunt [Hunt, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2018-07-31T00:00:00+00:00

TWELVE - THE FUTURE

A few miles back near the Charleston Four Corners, Jeremy Maddox sat in the Stockyard Public House, knocking back his third beer and staring down at a map of the area. The building was a one-story, all-wood bar and restaurant that had been there for as long as he could remember. He’d grown up in Sprakers, New York, and lived there until he was twenty-two — that was before his eight-year stint inside for involvement in a string of home burglaries and kidnapping. In his mind he hadn’t kidnapped anyone. Sure, he’d broken into a trailer and held a man against his will but that was because he owed him money.

The court didn’t see it that way.

Behind him, four of his closest friends, guys he’d grown up with, played a game of pool, smoked weed and enjoyed the privileges that came with living in the armpit of America. He’d been out of prison just over a year, and for a while he thought his life would amount to nothing but working nine to five for some asshole down at the auto wreckers, getting drunk on weekends and letting loose behind the wheel of a derby car. That was until the lights went out, and all communication went down.

For the first twenty-four hours it just seemed like a pain in the ass and then the cogs in his mind began turning and instead of seeing it as an inconvenience he began to look at it as an opportunity. It all happened so quickly. The liquor store break-in, the cop who’d put him behind bars showing up, no means of communication to get back up. It was like life had offered him a way to put things right, and he did — with a bullet straight through that cop’s head. He’d spent eight years sitting behind bars thinking about what he would do to him if given the chance.

Well, it had been over a day since his death and no one had been out asking questions. What little police they had in the area had been drawn away to the bigger towns and cities, those that remained were so overwhelmed that they hadn’t seen them since. Now he was thinking about the future, his future, and the way forward in a world that wasn’t controlled by restrictive laws, or by unjust courts.

“What you got there?” Wayne asked him, straddling one of the chairs and swigging his beer.

“The future, Wayne. The future.”

He shook his head, confused. Jeremy hadn’t discussed it with them but he was already thinking about how they could use this event for their benefit. Of course he wasn’t stupid, he’d give it a week or two before he started throwing his weight around. The cop’s death? That was just justice. Evening the score. Payback. Vengeance.

He was about to share some of his ideas when the main doors burst open and Gabe came stumbling in. He collapsed on the ground, sweating, out of breath and gripping a bloodied thigh.

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