Working With Cedar: A Post Apocalyptic Tale by McDonald Terry

Author:McDonald, Terry [McDonald, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Terry McDonald
Published: 2015-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Nash awoke lying on his back. The sun-bright unfamiliar ceiling above his head gave him a moment of panic. A flood of remembrance of the previous day set the panic firmly in place. He rolled onto his side. Thirty-feet away, Jill’s head was barely visible above the back of the padded office chair. Nash, wearing the clothing he’d worn the day before, swung his legs off the mattress and stood.

He called good morning to her.

She spun the chair around to face him. “Good morning to you. Do you know you snore? ”

Ignoring the question, Nash dug his phone from under the pillow to check the time; Eight-thirty. He noted he still had no signal bars and the battery charge was low.

“Thanks for letting me sleep in. Do you need a nap before we start the day?”

“No, I’m fine. I slept most of my watch.”

“What…!”

Jill laughed at his expression of consternation, “I’m kidding, there was no way I could have slept through your snoring. The volume would give a steam locomotive a challenge. I won’t need a nap though. I’m wide awake.”

As Nash moved to where she sat, she turned her chair to gaze though the glass of the windows giving view of the road beyond the driveway. To him; though she spoke perky enough; in the bright sunlight streaming through the window she looked tired.

Jill continued speaking, her tone more serious, “We goofed up yesterday. We should have parked our vehicles out of sight.” She paused to toss him a set of keys. “I hate to rush you, but I’ll feel a lot better if you do that right away. There’s no need for us to advertise we’re here.”

“I’m on it.”

“Wait. Didn’t I see some two-way radios in the sporting goods pile?”

Nash turned to the pile. “Yep,” and he repeated his laconic, “I’m on it.”

Nash found the radios. He put batteries into two of the four he’d bought and gave one to Jill.

“The instructions said they’re factory-set on a channel. Top button makes the other party’s unit vibrate. The lower button is for speaking. Turn yours on. I’ll back away a few feet so we can test them.”

Jill did as requested and then spoke into the radio, “Can you hear me?” They both heard his unit say her words. To check the send function worked on his unit, he replied, “Yes. Clear.”

Jill said, “I’ll stay on guard while you move the vehicles. Several cars passed by this morn… wait; there goes another, a pickup. Good, he didn’t slow down. One did slow down not long after I took over from you last night. It braked and backed up and stopped in front of the driveway for a few seconds.”

Nash thought about her statement and asked, “Are you sure hiding the jeep and van is a good idea? Maybe whoever eyeballed the property last night saw them parked out front and passed this place up because it looked occupied.”

Jill turned the chair to face him. “I thought moving them would be the smart thing to do, but maybe you’re right.

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