The Next World Box Set [Books 1-3] by Olah Jeff

Author:Olah, Jeff [Olah, Jeff]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Post-Apocalyptic | Infected
Published: 2020-02-13T22:00:00+00:00

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Gentry locked the slider, drew the shades, and moved to the kitchen. He didn’t like being here. Not because his friend had already moved on, and as such, hadn’t specifically given him permission to be here—that would have been implied given the current state of the world, at least that’s what he was telling himself.

No, he was having trouble with this location simply because she wasn’t here. And although he had a pretty good idea of where she was, he couldn’t be absolutely sure. No point in running off into the unknown without at least some sense of where he was headed.

He didn’t trust many people, even less over the last two weeks. But she was different. More like him in all the ways that mattered most. She had a stable sense of calm when things didn’t go the way she had hoped or even expected. Her exterior told a story of strength, confidence, and self-reliance. It made some nervous, others irritated. But not a single person had ever complained that they were unsure of where they stood with Natalie Mercer.

Through the hall, into the office, and now clutching the satellite phone, Gentry hoped he wasn’t too late. That she was still out there, that somehow she’d survived and had found a safe place to ride out the initial wave.

Natalie knew enough about what this was, and about how to avoid the more problematic situations to give her and her family a slight edge. It wasn’t much, but it was better than running into the end of the world wearing a blindfold.

The sat phone still held a charge. It was nearly full and although he had every intention of using it just once, he wasn’t sure this was the right time. He wasn’t sure last night, or yesterday, or the day before.

Would the time ever be right? He didn’t know.

Gentry turned away from the desk and moved to the living room. He’d visited this home at least a dozen times over the last two years, but only once in the last six months. It was different than he remembered. The tan suede sofas had been replaced with a more modern white leather. The seventy-inch flat screen LED television had been moved from its stand and was now mounted above the black granite fireplace.

But that wasn’t it, there was something else missing or out of place, he just couldn’t put his finger on it. Something that gave him a weird feeling in his stomach.

He moved around the sofa, leaned into the back, and held the phone in his left hand. Looking down at the three-inch screen, he thought about the many ways the conversation might progress. Not usually one to bend the truth, he was having a hard time imagining a scenario where anything he said would get him the information he needed without at least partially compromising his integrity.

Just try to be someone else for the next five minutes.

Before Gentry could talk himself out of it, he was dialing the number.

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