Outbreak The Beginning (The Outbreak Series Book 1) by Deausha Kristal Read Free Book Online Page B

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    Going into the kitchen, I start the rest of dinner. I can hear what the others are doing and the hammering has stopped. Nate is talking to his sister, or rather arguing with her. Sighing, some things will never change. The end of the world isn’t going to alter them. John’s outside fighting with the grill. The chicken looks almost done. I better start setting the table. John comes in with the chicken. “Hey John go tell everyone time to eat.” Taking the rest of the dinner to the table I sit down waiting for everyone to get in here.
    I wait for everyone to sit down and I glance at Liam. “Why don’t you pray for us this evening?” We all bow our heads while he recites a prayer. He includes us all, blesses the food, to help the homeless, even what’s going on now! After he’s finished, we dig in.
    Hey guys we need to figure out who’s going to keep watch first tonight, I think we can do it with three shifts so at least two of us can sleep the whole night.
    Nate talks first, “Mom I’ll do first watch.”
    Tabby speaks up, “I’ll do second watch Mom, I know you’ve been through a lot today.”
    “Well Tabby, you’re on second, but I think we all have been through a lot.” I sip my pop. “I’ll take the early morning so tonight is set.” I glance at John and Liam. “You guys will start tomorrow night’s watch.” I see Liam nod at me and John is just John.
    “Mom, what’s the plan tomorrow?” Nate says.
    “Well we need to get the RV’s from G-dad down here. And get the ones in the side yard lined up out back. Then I want most of the gas out of them. Get them ready for people to live in. Blankets water that kind of stuff. Nate, you might have to get more wood so that way we have it ready to cook with if we need to. I don’t want to use the generators until we have to and get the cameras up and working, that’s something I never got around to doing but we’re going to need them. Also anything that needs washed we need to get it all done. We don’t know how long the electricity is going to be on. I would think it would be for a while but I could be wrong.”
    I grab the dishes and take them into the kitchen. I rinse them ready for the dishwasher. The others start doing the same thing. After the dining room and kitchen are cleaned up, they all go to the living room and watch TV. I feed the dogs, grab my pop and cigarettes and head out the door.  I love it out here, so peaceful. Sitting down in the recliner, I kick it out and relax. Closing my eyes I listen to the leaves blowing, the birds chirping, the dogs barking. I glance to my right and see them playing. To have that energy would be amazing. Being forty isn’t so bad. I think I’m in the best shape of my life. I work out five days a week. I run a mile or two every day. Well I used to run, I don’t think it would be smart anymore. Maybe I’ll get a last run in tomorrow morning before everyone gets up. That’s one of the times that I feel free and can think. It’s not that I don’t have a ton to think about, I mean we will have the whole family living here at some point.
    Shivering, it’s starting to cool down. Stretching, I decide to get up. Strolling over to the side yard I look at the RV’s, I’m glad I didn’t sell them. They will sure come in handy and I have two more down at Hanks. We should have enough room for everyone. It’s not like we’re not a close family. Walking around the yard with the dogs in tow, I can see it now how it’s going to look like with everything set up. I reckon it will look pretty cool considering what’s going on. I know the younger kids will think it’s just like camping.
    I get a sick feeling for they’re still just babies and they have to see the world at its worst. We have to keep them safe. It’s the thing that terrifies me the most. That has got to be the number one priority. We have to keep all the kids safe and yes, that includes mine. I know that they have grown up into fine young