Consigned to Oblivion by Emilee Breanne Ward

Author:Emilee Breanne Ward [Ward, Emilee Breanne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emilee Ward

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

DURING THE DAY, it was difficult to locate Zion or Rachel due to the flurry of activity going on at the rehab center. That meant that any microchip research was reserved for evenings. During the day Pat, Harmony, Clive, and Arrow were like any other volunteer at the center. They cleaned bathrooms, cooked meals, and prepared classrooms for lessons among other things.

They also were all assigned to a special project involving freshening up one of the storage buildings in preparation for remodeling. This included taking out trash and debris, scrubbing the dirt-covered surfaces, removing the items in storage, and painting. Harmony immediately grabbed the broom because this was something she knew how to do and it would take a long time to complete.

“Yikes.” Arrow said as he looked around the place bright and early on Friday morning. “Zion wasn’t kidding.”

Harmony couldn’t help but notice that Arrow was looking much healthier in clean jeans, a yellow plaid flannel shirt, and boots.

“Glad to have you back, brother.” Clive said heartily as he clapped Arrow on the shoulder. “And we’re ministering to their family. This is the Lord’s work.”

“I think you mean doing the stuff they didn’t want to do.” Arrow said sarcastically.

Harmony caught a glimpse of Pat and the corner of his mouth jerked into a smirk. In his own quiet way, he appeared to be agreeing with Arrow’s assessment.

“They’ve done so much for us. This is the least we can do for them.” Clive said, continuing to hold firm on his pious attitude about hard work.

“Have you done an ounce of manual labor your whole life?” Arrow demanded.

Clive didn’t answer immediately, but instead turned his head away from the group to appear as though he was surveying the work that needed to be done. “I did work for a summer at my grandfather’s farm one year.”

“Uh-huh…” Arrow said skeptically. “Dressing the cows in fashionable boating outfits?” Pat snorted then and put a bony hand over his wide grin.

Clive’s face, which had previously been expressing the feelings of a resigned martyr, now shifted to aggravation as he turned back to Arrow. “No! I helped with planting and harvesting and feeding the animals.”

“C’mon, boys.” Harmony said exasperated, but she secretly liked to watch people gang up on Clive. It was clear that the doctor wasn’t used to being the butt of jokes. “We have a lot of work to do and it won’t get done at this rate.”

“Harmony’s right.” Arrow admitted and she glowed at the praise. She wasn’t used to being “right”. Everything about her was considered “wrong” in the circles she ran in.

“I’ll paint.” Pat said simply and went to the supply closet where the paint supplies were housed.

“I guess that leaves us to do the heavy lifting, Doc.” Arrow said and Clive’s attitude worsened.

“How much do we have to clean out?” Dr. Evers asked.

“Put your big boy britches on and follow me.” Arrow winked at Harmony and turned to lead Clive through his first day doing manual labor as an adult.

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