Reappearance of Summmer by D J Small

Author:D J Small [Small, D J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780998188751
Publisher: DJ Small Books
Published: 2018-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Val could feel exhaustion creep up on her as she went over the damage report for California. The state would need a lot of help and funding, and she honestly didn’t know where any of it would come from, but she and Congress would figure it out. Val squeezed her eyes shut and drew in a deep breath through her nose. The fatigue she felt was due to lack of sleep, touring various towns and cities, and not having eaten dinner yet. There had also been periodic reports from Basara throughout the day, and they had only added to her exhaustion.

After they had landed last night, Val and Addison had gone over her schedule for today and held several impromptu conference calls with Secretary Kanaan about the situation in the Middle East. The calls had lasted late into the night, so when Val woke up this morning she felt like several shades of crap. Touring the numerous cities and towns affected by the earthquake had only made the feeling worse, but she had managed to get through it somehow.

Meeting with victims that were in the hospital had been Val’s first stop during her visits, then she met with those whose family members had died because of the disaster or they were still unaccounted for. Those meetings had been emotionally draining, and had more of an effect on her than her physical exhaustion did, but the hope people had truly inspired Val, and she told them she would do everything in her power to make sure they got the help they needed.

Walking through the destruction had put Val on an emotional rollercoaster, and there were a few times where tears had come to her eyes because of the empathy she felt for those who had lost almost everything. The loss of their homes and businesses was one thing, but their autonomy and sense of peace would be a difficult thing for people to recover. It added more weight to Val’s emotional fatigue, and she carried it for most of the day.

Val did have a reprieve from the destruction and the emotions she felt, and it came in the form of Summer. Throughout the day, their paths had intersected several times, and Val was surprised by how amazing she looked. Each time they ran into each other, Summer appeared to be refreshed, present, and very much engaged in her tours through the towns, contrasting greatly from when they had arrived in California the previous night. The night before, Summer had looked haggard and out of it, but today she looked like the face of The Armstrong Foundation, ready to do her job. As much as it amazed Val, it also irritated her. She was pretty certain she didn’t look half as good as Summer did, and when Val saw her under the California sun, with the breeze blowing her hair, she almost swooned.

Val bit the inside of her bottom lip and fought back the wistful sigh that wanted to escape as she got lost in thoughts about how beautiful Summer was.

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