Preppers: The Event (The Falling Book 1) by P.D. Clover

Author:P.D. Clover [Clover, P.D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-01-17T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

After getting the run down from Dee on her adventures in last minute disaster buying, I walked outside to find Matt. I could hear him cussing my driving inside the U-Haul. I banged on the roll up door.

Matt opened it up. He was wearing a head lamp and trying to wrangle cans and bags of beans. It looked funnier than it was. I couldn’t help but let out a bit of laugh, “What are you doing?” I asked.

“Cleaning up your mess as usual and… staying busy,” he said grudgingly.

“I figured,” I said with a smile. “Hop on out. We will deal with this tonight. It’s best you keep your strength for the moment.”

“Yeah, you’re right. I just…well, after watching those videos I…” he stammered.

“I get it man. Come on, let’s have a coke on the porch. We need to be clear about what we need to do next,” I said.

I turned to walk back to the porch.

Matt griped, “I hate Cokes.”

“I know. That’s why I’m getting you a water,” I said as I walked into the house and grabbed a cold Coke and bottled water from the fridge.

I walked back out and didn’t see Matt. I began to walk around our wrap around porch, and then I found him sitting on the front steps. He was watching the street quietly.

“Here ya’ go Amigo…” I said as I handed him the bottled water.

Almost like a confession, Matt said, “It’s all gone to shit man. The whole world has gone to shit.”

I just stared at him. Matt was a solid guy, loyal and steadfast. Not much could get to him, let alone rattle him. As he sat staring off into the street, I knew this had penetrated his armor of Zen like calm. The reality of this situation had set in.

I could not let his, nor my mind dwell in that abyss for too long, “Welp, look at the bright side…” I said.

Matt turned a questioning eye towards me, as I continued to look at the street where an occasional car or truck would fly down the street, ignoring the four- way stops at each intersection.

“This is the best moment of this whole thing,” I said cheerily.

“Oh yeah? How exactly did you determine that?” Matt asked dryly.

“The world is indeed shit at this moment. In fact, I would guess that its only getting shittier every minute,” I said as chipper as squirrel who found an acorn.

“Yeah…… I’m still not following,” he said. But now his entire attention was focused on me.

“No one has decided to throw it at the fan yet,” I said flatly.

Matt began to laugh. “What the fuck is wrong with you?” he asked.

“A whole lot my Brotha... Now, I need to know your head is in the game, I need you on this man.”

“I’m here. I just got a little lost for a moment,” he said with a smile. “You know it’s only a matter of time before someone throws great, big handfuls of shit at the proverbial fan, right?”

“I do, but that is tomorrow’s problem… Now let’s get going.

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