Fending Them Off: A Post-Apocalyptic EMP Survival (Zero Power Book 4) by Max Lockwood

Author:Max Lockwood [Lockwood, Max]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2017-10-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

“He was so small, Cooper,” Clara murmured. “I couldn’t see all that well in the dark, but I know he’s way too young to be out there on his own. And he probably saw his parents when they got killed…”

It would explain why he was so afraid to be around people.

Clara was telling Cooper about the boy in the field.

She just couldn’t stop thinking about the boy, and had had to force herself to fall asleep last night so she could be up early. Would he come back if she went there that night to look for him? She didn’t know, but she did hope so.

But then she sighed. He probably won’t… he was so scared.

It was unfortunate that Jack had arrived at the time he did. She thought, if she’d had more time, she could have at least talked the kid into standing closer to her. Then, maybe, convince him to come back with her to the farm. He hadn't said anything after she gave him the ear of corn, but he must have been thankful for it. She knew that she could have used that… though the image of luring a little boy over to the farm with food didn’t sit well with her.

Clara wanted him to come to the house because he wanted to, not because he didn’t have much of a choice—which, really, he didn’t. But, maybe, if he wanted to be there when they brought him, she refused to think if, there would be less chance of him running away after he got fed for a few days. Even if he could get his hands on some food, a little boy living out there on his own just felt so wrong to her.

After he’d run off, she had even stayed around a little longer, hoping he would return that night and holding back the urge to just follow him, because she believed what Jack had told her was true. If they pursued him after that scare, he might have gone further. And while she was sure she could outrun him if she needed to, the trees would be in the way, and the boy could possibly hurt himself while they ran.

She had nearly gone after him anyway.

Clara didn’t know why, but something about the boy got to her. And it wasn’t just the sympathy she felt for him, because he’d lost his parents and he was alone. She could relate to the first, but not the latter. She hadn't even seen his face clearly, and his voice had been wobbling through his tears as he talked. Clara had a soft spot for children, but her focus on this kid was nearly excessive. She almost didn’t go back to the house at all, worrying about him. Only knowing that it would be better to be there for the next time he showed up made her move.

She didn’t need to define it, anyway, as long as whatever it was led her to finding him and taking him in.

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