Tonight The World Dies by Amber White Read Free Book Online

Christian rock band shirt. Each and every single adult was tanned and well built. They were all thin, but muscular. I could tell they had spent a long time doing hard work, probably all farmers. But then, who lived in a home with a big property and wasn’t a farmer these days? It would be the best way to live.
    Brennan was tall with salt-and-pepper hair, his faded blue jeans held up by a leather belt, his black shirt tucked into his pants, and his boots were scuffed from years of labor. “And who might you all be?” He asked.
    “I’m Dean, and this is my sister Billie.” Dean answered.
    “I’m Sully.” Sully said, prodding me when I didn’t speak up right away.
    “Hi. I’m Joanna.” I called. “We’re sorry to intrude like this, we found your people on the side of the road the other day and they offered us a place to stay for the night.”
    “Nice to meet you all!” Brennan said. “Don’t worry about intruding. We’re happy to have new friends around. As you may have guessed, I’m Brennan. This here is my boy Samuel,” He clapped the boy on the shoulder. “My wife Amy is over there with the laundry, and with my daughters Mary and Elizabeth,” The three women waved at us. “These fine gentlemen are the McGarret brothers, Todd and Andy,” The two men next to him nodded. “You’ve already met the Thompsons, Megan, Steven, and Sparky,” The three people we met on the road smiled brightly at us. “And these are the young-uns: Kim, Rachel, Brent, Joshua, and Missy.” He pointed to the children.
    We nodded and smiled at each of them, wondering if we were going to be able to remember all their names, and if it even mattered.
    “How long have you been traveling?” Megan asked us.
    “A year, ever since the outbreak went full force.” Sully answered.
    “A year on the road? Oh, you poor souls.” Steven said. “It ‘ant my place to speak, but maybe we can get Brennan to let you stay with us permanently.”
    “Oh, we couldn’t possibly.” I said. Warning Flag Number One raised its ugly red head.
    “We could use the extra hands, and besides, it’d be nice to have some new people to talk to.” Steven smiled. “Come on, let’s get on up to the house where you can get all cleaned up.” He led us forward.
    “I’ll bet a shower sounds real good to y’all right about now.” Brennan said as we reached the steps.
    We nodded in agreement. At the word ‘shower,’ all my doubts and suspicions fell so far to the back of my mind, it was like that one word created a thought explosion, and all I could think of was warm, running water.
    “Why don’t you kids get your clothes and we’ll wash them for you while you’re waiting.” Amy said, walking up behind us.
    We dashed to get our bags, ecstatic at the idea of fresh clothes and a real bath. The shower in the RV, as it turned out, didn’t work. There wasn’t enough water in the reserve tank. We checked for stray weapons hiding in our bags before we gratefully handed them over to the women, me locking the doors of the RV behind us and slipping the keys into my pocket. They may seem nice, but I didn’t want to risk them getting ahold of our guns or axes or power tools. I especially didn’t want them finding the bomb supplies. I would feel rotten if one of the kids started playing with something and got their hand blown off.
    One of the girls led us upstairs to the guest bathroom. “We don’t have a whole lot of hot water, but it should be warm enough for a quick shower for each of you.” She smiled.
    “Your name’s Mary right?” I asked.
    She nodded. “Sure is.”
    “Thank you Mary, we’ll be as quick as possible.”
    “I’ll just find you guys some clothes.” She said, walking off down the hall.
    Billie darted in first and snapped the door behind her. It took her less than five seconds to turn the water on full blast. “Oh God, this is wonderful!” We heard her say through the door.
    Mary returned a few minutes later, arms full of