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Authors: Emerson Hawk
insisted.
“Yes, I’m sure. The screen isn’t even removed. It looks like he was scratching at it or something.”
I understood how easy it was to mistake noises in the dark. Especially, if you have only lived in the city. Living in the country, you learn that some noises are just animals doing their thing. We normally don’t notice them in the city, even though they live along side us.
“Here, take this flashlight. Don’t use it a lot, but keep it for an emergency. We don’t have any backup batteries.” I said.
She thanked me for the flashlight and went into the house and locked the door behind me. Thank goodness it was just a raccoon and not an intruder.
As I looked back towards my own house, the darkness was a little spooky. I knew about where all the trees and driveways were, but not being able to see them made it harder to get back to the house.
Fortunately, we had white trim and the two columns on the front porch were white, so even in the lack of moonlight, I was able to see a faint outline that I could walk towards.
I could also see Kat peeking from behind the shade. The candles lit up the room behind her so it made it easy to see inside, even though there was just a sliver of light.
It made me realize that we would need to really find a way to not allow the light to show at night. It would be a dead giveaway to anyone walking by that there were people inside.
That would go on my to do list for tomorrow for sure.
I got back to the house and Kat asked me a bunch of questions. I explained it was a raccoon and not to worry.
While I knew everyone was on edge, I felt like the overreaction was making it worse. We needed to be able to keep things under control and not allow our minds to play tricks on us while we learn to live in this new reality.
“I left her the flashlight so she had something to see with.” I told Kat.
“What? Tony, we can’t just go giving away our supplies!”
She was not happy at all.
“If we give away all of our supplies, then what happens when we need them? Dammit, Tony!”
I knew she was right, but I am also not the kind of person who is unwilling to help if I can. I’ve always been available to help if I can, and whatever this life is now isn’t going to change that.
“It’s just a flashlight!” I yelled back at her, hoping to shut her down. I didn’t need to be judged right now.
“Oh, okay. Well, yeah, so it’s JUST a flashlight now. Then it will be JUST a can of food later. Then you will be starving because you gave away OUR supplies. This isn’t the same world anymore. We have to think long term. We have to make what we have last as long as possible.” She was pissed.
“Dammit Kat, I’m not that stupid. Give me a little credit here. I’m trying to figure out how to make this work, too.” I said, hoping she wouldn’t keep grilling me.
She grabbed her pistol and headed upstairs.
“Blow out the candles so we don’t waste them. I’m going to bed.” She huffed, as she stomped up the stairs.
I sighed as I blew out all the candles. It was going to be a long night.
But I had an idea that I hoped would make things better.
Chapter 9 - Katherine
I didn’t know if I was more frustrated at the moment with Tony or just the whole damn situation. Being in this kind of environment made everyone edgy. I just didn’t get him some days. I know his heart was in the right place and he wants to help everyone, but these aren’t the times to be overly generous.
It was so dark outside. No lights anywhere except the occasional glow of a candle in a window. I was amazed at how far light traveled. I could look down our street and after a few minutes, could see which homes had candles or some other kind of light. It looked quite bright in the total darkness that seemed to envelope us.
Fortunately, tonight it wasn’t
“Yes, I’m sure. The screen isn’t even removed. It looks like he was scratching at it or something.”
I understood how easy it was to mistake noises in the dark. Especially, if you have only lived in the city. Living in the country, you learn that some noises are just animals doing their thing. We normally don’t notice them in the city, even though they live along side us.
“Here, take this flashlight. Don’t use it a lot, but keep it for an emergency. We don’t have any backup batteries.” I said.
She thanked me for the flashlight and went into the house and locked the door behind me. Thank goodness it was just a raccoon and not an intruder.
As I looked back towards my own house, the darkness was a little spooky. I knew about where all the trees and driveways were, but not being able to see them made it harder to get back to the house.
Fortunately, we had white trim and the two columns on the front porch were white, so even in the lack of moonlight, I was able to see a faint outline that I could walk towards.
I could also see Kat peeking from behind the shade. The candles lit up the room behind her so it made it easy to see inside, even though there was just a sliver of light.
It made me realize that we would need to really find a way to not allow the light to show at night. It would be a dead giveaway to anyone walking by that there were people inside.
That would go on my to do list for tomorrow for sure.
I got back to the house and Kat asked me a bunch of questions. I explained it was a raccoon and not to worry.
While I knew everyone was on edge, I felt like the overreaction was making it worse. We needed to be able to keep things under control and not allow our minds to play tricks on us while we learn to live in this new reality.
“I left her the flashlight so she had something to see with.” I told Kat.
“What? Tony, we can’t just go giving away our supplies!”
She was not happy at all.
“If we give away all of our supplies, then what happens when we need them? Dammit, Tony!”
I knew she was right, but I am also not the kind of person who is unwilling to help if I can. I’ve always been available to help if I can, and whatever this life is now isn’t going to change that.
“It’s just a flashlight!” I yelled back at her, hoping to shut her down. I didn’t need to be judged right now.
“Oh, okay. Well, yeah, so it’s JUST a flashlight now. Then it will be JUST a can of food later. Then you will be starving because you gave away OUR supplies. This isn’t the same world anymore. We have to think long term. We have to make what we have last as long as possible.” She was pissed.
“Dammit Kat, I’m not that stupid. Give me a little credit here. I’m trying to figure out how to make this work, too.” I said, hoping she wouldn’t keep grilling me.
She grabbed her pistol and headed upstairs.
“Blow out the candles so we don’t waste them. I’m going to bed.” She huffed, as she stomped up the stairs.
I sighed as I blew out all the candles. It was going to be a long night.
But I had an idea that I hoped would make things better.
Chapter 9 - Katherine
I didn’t know if I was more frustrated at the moment with Tony or just the whole damn situation. Being in this kind of environment made everyone edgy. I just didn’t get him some days. I know his heart was in the right place and he wants to help everyone, but these aren’t the times to be overly generous.
It was so dark outside. No lights anywhere except the occasional glow of a candle in a window. I was amazed at how far light traveled. I could look down our street and after a few minutes, could see which homes had candles or some other kind of light. It looked quite bright in the total darkness that seemed to envelope us.
Fortunately, tonight it wasn’t
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