Pandemic by Tinnean

Author:Tinnean [Tinnean]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2018-10-28T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

It was odd they’d grown so close in the past four days, Wheat thought, but maybe, because of the situation, it did make sense. They hadn’t become lovers yet, but he knew it was just a matter of time. He liked Laurie, and not simply because he was a good-looking man who wouldn’t object to a little spanking—Wheat wasn’t as shallow as all that. Laurie was the sort of man you could trust to have your back.

“You were right about Lync,” Wheat said. “He did know what he was doing.” The second cedar chest held an assortment of jeans and shirts, as well as outerwear and underwear. Fortunately, they would fit Laurie. Wheat had his own clothes, and he was truly grateful he’d automatically packed for the mountains. The weather would still be too cool for shorts and swimsuits.

“Yeah. I mean, I wasn’t surprised Lync stored a generator here, but a washer and dryer? I have to admit I didn’t expect them.” Laurie had found them later that first morning, and he’d been able to get the generator running so they didn’t have to rely on the lanterns. The washer and dryer were small, the stackable variety, and were in the outer area, along with the generator and containers of gasoline. “I could kick myself for not seeing them that first day.”

“It’s okay. You had a lot to take care of. And…the lantern light was romantic.”

“You liked it?”

“I did.”

“It’s just as well, since we have to go easy using the generator.” Laurie had told him they’d need to use it sparingly, in order to conserve their gasoline. “So we’ll hold off washing the clothes we wore when we got here.” It was warm enough in the bunker that they could wear just their underwear.

“That sounds like a good plan.”

Laurie blushed and beamed at him. “I’m good at that.”

“Yes, you are.”

Another of Laurie’s plans was to use the supplies that were stocked in the bunker.

“I don’t know what we’re going to find once we leave here,” Laurie had said that first morning. As they repacked the bugout bag, they talked about family, friends, and what the future might have held for them if this disaster hadn’t happened.

Finally, Wheat glanced up at him. “You’re right about conserving what we’ve got. I’m afraid there won’t be much once we get to my family’s cottage. We don’t usually go there until later in the summer.”

“So no food?”

“I don’t think so, although I can’t tell for certain. A local woman comes in to do the cooking and cleaning when we’re there. Normally she’d stock the fridge and pantry, but this is too early in the season, and she wouldn’t be expecting us. And then, of course, this happened.”

“What about last year’s supplies?”

“No. Mother gave Mrs. Rodriguez permission to take whatever was still there.”

“Well, it makes sense. It would spoil before you went back.”

It was more than that, though. Mrs. Rodriguez’s husband had been killed eight years before by a drunk driver shortly after their youngest child had been born, and she’d been raising six children on her own since then.

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