White Flare: Post apocalyptic survival thriller (Sky Fall Book 2) by Logan Keys

Author:Logan Keys [Keys, Logan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-05-09T16:00:00+00:00

Clive took a shower in a small space that ran off some sort of pump rigged up in their back room. He had to help charge it by winding it up first with a crank. It was interesting and obviously homemade. He didn’t want to use up all their fresh water, so he bathed as quickly as possible. Daniel left him some clothing, too, but Clive was a bit wider through the chest and arms, so he stretched out the cotton shirt to the max.

When Siri saw him, she laughed while holding her belly. “Those pants….”

They were flowing and nothing he would ever have worn if by choice.

They returned to the dining room where Lila and Daniel proceeded to tell them a long tale about how they came to know what was going to occur and prepare for it. They’d sold all the weed and used the money to buy the bunker and everything they’d stocked up in it. They had a plan and they were trying to stick to it, but part of their issue with going below ground and closing up shop forever was morality.

“Think of all the people we could save. People like you,” Lila said.

Siri nodded but Clive frowned. “But if you told others…”

Daniel nodded. “Panic, and then we lose our shelter as well. We went below when the flare hit, but when we saw that our house was okay, we came back. With the air getting worse, we plan on returning. But should we take people in? I’m not sure what to do. We have more than enough for more people but…”

“I’m not here to go into your bunker,” Clive said. “I’ve got to find my family.”

He told them about Sara and the children. About how he didn’t even know if they were alive or not.

They listened with their hearts in their eyes, and Clive realized they were good people, and he felt sorry for their predicament but had no advice.

Bringing up his family set Clive into an emotional spiral. “I think I need a minute,” he said, and he escaped out the front door just as the first tears came.

He went out into what was left of one grove that had not burned yet and he wept. When he returned before sundown, Siri was waiting for him. “You okay?” she asked.

“Yeah. It’s…I feel like I’ve given up on my family just by taking a shower. How crazy is that? I should be looking for them not holing up here with strangers in a bunker.”

Siri nodded and after a minute or two she took his hand. “If I say we’ll figure out a way to get across the river, will you believe me?”

“Yes,” he said desperately.

“Then we will. You and me. We won’t stay in a bunker; I’m scared of closed in spaces anyway.”

She smiled, and Clive chuckled. “You aren’t afraid of anything, Siri.”

She cocked her head to think and then said, “True.”

“Well, that’s good. Because I’m afraid of everything right now, it feels like. You can be the brave one.

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