Feast of the Locusts: A Post-Apocalyptic Techno-Thriller (Cyber Armageddon Book 2) by Mark Goodwin

Author:Mark Goodwin [Goodwin, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-11T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.

Ecclesiastes 1:9

Kate awoke, startled by her niece shaking her arm.

“Aunt Kate, church starts in fifteen minutes. You told me to wake you up.” Vicky held Kate’s hand.

Kate looked around the room to get her bearings. “Right, sure.” She looked at her niece and patted her hand. “Thank you.”

“You look tired.”

“I only got about two hours of sleep.”

Vicky sat on the edge of the bed. “Why don’t you sleep in today? You read your Bible every day. I’m sure God wouldn’t mind. In fact, He might want you to. He loves you, I’m sure He’d want you to take care of yourself.”

Kate stretched her legs and swung them toward the edge of the bed. “Normally, I’d concede to your very valid argument, but today it’s important that I be there. James Dean is going to hold a town hall meeting afterward. He’s going to use the fire to poison the minds of the residents against Don.”

Vicky’s mood deteriorated considerably upon hearing about the upcoming discussion. “I thought all that was over with. Why can’t people just move on?”

Kate stood and began getting ready for church. “I suppose it makes things harder for you and David, being on opposite sides of the debate.”

“Me and David are fine. He has his view and I have mine. We just avoid the subject altogether. It’s my hardheaded brother who won’t allow me to have my own opinion.”

Kate stepped into her boots and laced them up. “Sam is angry. I think he’ll lighten up once he’s able to move past his grief.”

“I’m still angry, too. I loved Mom and Dad as much as he did. I probably miss them even more.” Vicky followed her aunt down the stairs. “But I’m not going to let it cloud my reason.”

Kate rapped on Gavin’s door. “Time for church.”

“Hold on!” he replied.

Seconds later he opened the door. “I need some coffee.”

“Yeah, don’t we all, but we’re already late. Come on, we’ve got to go.” Kate opened the front door and the three of them sprinted down the driveway.

When they arrived at Pete Davis’ garage, Gavin opened the door for Kate and Vicky. “Take a look at this.”

Kate turned toward the direction Gavin had indicated. James Dean had the rangers dressed in all black. Their pants were bloused and most wore black hats. The rangers had a single red bar sewn on each of their shoulders. Sam sat at the end of the row.

“I guess they couldn’t find enough brown shirts and had to go with black.” Gavin led the way to the seats where they normally sat.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Vicky asked.

Kate hated the devious implication of the comment, but she couldn’t deny the uncanny resemblance. “Hitler’s youth and the Nazi party wore brown shirts during World War II.”

“Oh.” Vicky wrinkled her nose at the comparison.

To everyone’s relief and enjoyment, Martha Wilcox had taken the reigns of the music ministry.

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