Escape Artist (End of the World Book 3) by Thomas Hall

Author:Thomas Hall [Hall, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Teajam Publishing
Published: 2018-02-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IS OVERWHELMING. IT IS the first time since the evacuation that I’ve see so many people in one place. They all seem busy, but it isn’t altogether clear what they are doing. I watch a few of them, but I can’t work it out.

We move on before I have a chance to see more.

“This is the main road,” Suzy Kim says. “It runs right through the middle of the camp from the North Gate to the South. There’s a lot of traffic during the day but after dark we have a no vehicle policy.”

I nod as a jeep races past. I am glad that Harriet is too old to want to run around playing. The road seems like a death trap.

“If you ever decide to leave us, you can follow the road in either direction and it will lead to the exit.” She laughs.

We walk along the side of the road. It is compact dirt and there are uneven sections where puddles have formed.

A little more walking brings us to a large tent. Large as in huge. Huge as in the kind of place they hold music festivals in.

“This is the cafeteria,” Suzy Kim says.

Half of the sides are open meaning that I can look in. It is too dark to see anything, but I can smell food cooking.

“It’s open from dawn until dusk. You’ll get all your meals here.”

The next stop is the bathroom facilities. More tents, but a bit nicer than those you’d find at a festival.

After the bathroom facilities Suzy offers to take us to the military zone. She says that we can’t get too close, but as we showed an interest in it after our arrival, we can look. I see Michelle itching to go, but I have already exposed my daughter to enough violence in the last few weeks. If we are staying here for the duration, then I would prefer her not to think of it as an army barracks.

We beg off the tour of the military zone but make a point of saying that we’d like to see it later.

Suzy Kim offers to take us back to the cafeteria. We accept and ten minutes later we are standing in a queue with plastic trays like we’re in prison.

“What do you think?” Michelle whispers to me.

“It seems too good to be true,” I say.

“That’s exactly what I think,” she says.

We get our food and find a place on one of the long tables. The other people there pay us no attention, but I study them. Just because they don’t realise they are prisoners however, doesn’t mean they aren’t. Would be happier if I chose to believe that I’m a free man?

None of us feels like talking while we eat and I catch Michelle studying the other people the way I have been. I know we need to talk about our plans, but doing so in front of Harriet and Cassie seems like a mistake.

“I’m going to head back to the tent,” Cassie says.

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