No Normal Day by Richardson J

Author:Richardson, J. [Richardson, J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: J. Richardson
Published: 2013-05-08T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

TRISH and ERIC

The sun came sparkling across the calm blue lake. They loved being at the lake house, it was closer to Trish's work than the house in town, about thirty minutes away. It had become their true haven. When she got off work on Friday evening, she went straight to the lake house. Eric, had usually already made it out, after he picked up their two girls at school. Nicky, age 6, and Brook, age 4 couldn't wait to get to the lake. Brook came out of their small bedroom and rubbed the sleep from her eyes, “Mommy, the tv is broke, I want my cartoons”. Trish looked over at the clock, it was black. “Oh honey, the power is off I guess. Just go color in your new book, it will be on soon. Anyway, Daddy went to get us some doughnuts, we will have breakfast when he gets here.” Trish, got up, slid into her house shoes and went to the kitchen. It's so quiet, beautiful on the water this morning.

The girls kept asking about the tv and where are the doughnuts. Trish thought, seems like Eric has been gone a long time, he should be back. She pulled out the cell phone, nothing would come up on the screen. Out the side window, she saw no sign of him. Things were really still. Often though, folks were not there for the weekend or they would come later in the afternoon. A small boat was putting along the shoreline. Worry was nagging at her a bit now. She gathered the girls, put them in her car and got behind the wheel, “Damn-it, what's wrong with the car?” They all exited the car and she said, “Look, let's just take a little walk, maybe we will see Daddy coming.” She started the slow steps with the girls beside her. They had moved about a quarter of a mile and way up ahead through the thick trees, she spied Eric. “Look, it's Daddy, let's wait here for him.” They sat on the damp grass on the side of the road. Eric had a white bag in his hand, shortly he reached them. “Hi girls, what's up?”

Brook said, “Daddy, my cartoons are broke.”

He gave Trish a kiss, “I don't know why, the blasted truck just stopped dead and my cell phone is dead.”

“Me, too,” said Trish.

“What do you mean?”

“Me too, the cell is dead, the car won't start and the power is out at the house,” she said with frustration.

“That's weird. Come on, lets get back to the house and eat these doughnuts,” he said to the girls.

That was five days ago. Trish and Eric still did not know what had happened but they knew something was way wrong. They waved down a small boat or two and asked if they knew anything. No one did, one man said there were cars stopped everywhere, nobody had power. Sure enough, Eric looked through the binoculars and cars were not moving, vehicles scattered along the distant bridge that spanned the lake.

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