Chaos Comes: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (After the EMP Book 4) by Harley Tate

Author:Harley Tate [Tate, Harley]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Harley Tate
Published: 2017-08-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

COLT

Sunnyvale Convalescent Hospital

Eugene, Oregon

7:30 p.m.

Her mom? Colt stared at the woman who looked like Betty Crocker with her prim little outfit and sensible shoes. This was the woman who tried to sell Dani to a drug dealer? This was the woman sent to prison for armed robbery, too strung out to do anything but steal?

Colt turned to Dani. She looked as shocked as he felt. He closed the distance between them and stopped beside her. With a smile, he stuck out his hand. “Hi. I don’t believe we’ve met. I’m Colt Potter.”

The woman glanced down at his hand and the smile plastered across her face slipped a fraction. “Becky Weber.”

Dorris snorted from the bed and Colt caught her eye as he let Becky’s hand go. From the way she held herself a bit to the side of the bed, and as far away from Dani’s mom as she could, he could tell she wasn’t buying it. Colt wasn’t sure if he should, either. What were the chances a drug addict who let her daughter go hungry could clean up this fast?

Dani shifted her weight back and forth beside Colt. The charming and outgoing girl he’d had dinner with only an hour before was gone. Now she stared at the floor, fingers fidgeting with the cuff of her sweatshirt. He couldn’t stand to see her like that all because of the woman standing a few feet away.

“Dani told me you disappeared before the power went out.”

He could feel Dani’s stare on him, but he didn’t look her way. He needed to get a read on her mom. Friend or foe? Which was it?

Becky cocked her head to the side. “I’m sorry, how do you know my daughter?”

“He’s my friend.” Dani’s words came out surly and thick. She still didn’t look her mother in the eye.

“A much older friend.”

Colt smiled. “I helped her out of a jam the other day and when I found out she was alone, I sort of took her under my wing. I have a hard time seeing kids go hungry.”

Becky’s eyes might have matched her daughter’s in color, but the fire spitting from them told a whole different story. She glanced at her daughter. “I know I’ve been gone, but I’ve been thinking about you every singe day, sweetheart.”

Dorris cleared her throat from the bed and Becky twisted around to glare. This woman wasn’t who she claimed to be. Sure, she might be Dani’s mother, but the Susie Homemaker act? Colt didn’t buy it for a second.

He reached out and gave Dani’s arm a squeeze. The girl had retreated into a shell of herself, barely able to look up or speak. Becky had really done a number on her. Colt resisted the urge to deck the woman and be done with the whole thing.

Becky spoke up again. “I hope you’re ready for a new adventure, Dani. I’ve got some exciting news.”

Dani’s head jerked up and she stared at her mother without speaking.

“I’ve got us a new apartment that’s three times as big as the old one.

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