Beyond the New Horizon by Christine Conaway

Author:Christine Conaway [Conaway, Christine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter eighteen…………Joining forces

Before they reached the cabin itself, Abby and Sherry ran out to meet them. Abby threw herself into Lucy’s arms. “I was so worried about you.” She hugged Lucy for a long moment and then, hands on hips, she faced Sam. “Did you get them? Did you kill that bad man?”

Sam raised his eyebrows in surprise, “We got them and no, we didn’t kill them. There was no need.”

Abby turned to Ben a triumphant look on her face, “I knew it. You would have, wouldn’t you Dad?”

Ben looked like he didn’t know what to say to her. Frowning, he said, “Honey, killing someone is not that easy. I would have done whatever was necessary to bring Lucy back, and if the situation had warranted deadly force to do so, then I might have. But, we have her back, and no one else got hurt, so I think Sam handled it the best way possible.”

“What is that I smell?” Gina asked as she sniffed the air.

“My Mom made venison stew,” Sherry answered. “She said you guys would be hungry enough to eat a bear, but we didn’t have one, so she used deer meat.”

Gina had seen how uncomfortable Abby’s question had made the adults. She thought Abby had a good point, but they just couldn’t go around killing other people if there was a better solution. Gina felt confident that Sam had done something to convince the guys not to come back. The question was, would other people find them and would there be another solution other than defending themselves.

Gina hadn’t understood the narcissistic behavior of the young people back in the old world, what the hell would they do in the new world? Some would take until it was all gone not lifting a finger to help, and then what?

Both she and Journey had gone to school with women and men who had cared only about themselves. I, me and mine seemed to be the most prevalent words in their vocabulary. Some had even chosen the medical profession for the money alone. While the money had been an influence on her to a certain degree, after completing school, she realized how rewarding it was to help others. Going to work at the V.A. hadn’t filled her coffers to overflowing, but it provided her with enough money to enjoy her off time and put a little away for an emergency fund.

At one time, before meeting Lucy, she and Journey had talked of joining doctors without borders, until they realized the U.S. had issues of their own, so they both volunteered at several homeless shelters. The work, while not financially rewarding, let them sleep at night knowing they had made someone else's life a little better, if even for just that day.

Journey had a saying, “One person at a time.” At first, it had confused Gina until Journey explained the paying it forward policy. She said she couldn’t know if the person she had helped that day would go out and save someone else and so on and so on.

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