A great read! Read it all in one day. While it is not an action-packed thrilling roller coaster ride, this book is just as interesting and compelling. A page turner. A worldwide epidemic wipes out most of mankind; but this is the story of one woman who found herself alive after waking from a coma...
FINAL RESOLUTION Following the accident, I woke to find Fr. Craig sitting next to my bed. He was the first to arrive from my team, and surprisingly, he didn’t smell like alcohol. “I’m curtailing,” he said. “Not saying I’m conquering, but I am definitely going to try to curtail.” I believed his ...
Danny Hoi asked, while walking with Roy back to the clinic. “I mean you have to face Jimmy. He was working so hard.” “Yes, he was. Frank has phoned me and told me he would handle it.” Danny stopped before the steps. “I wonder that that means.” “I am sure Frank will handle it brilliantly. He is Fr...
“No,” he rasped into the phone while lying in his hospital bed. “Don’t be silly, Isabella.” Bill lifted his eyes to the doctor who stood at his bedside. “I’m doing better. My temperature dropped. You go. Go. Your mother needs you. Be careful.” The doctor took the phone from Bill and hung it up. “...
He wasn’t the happiest camper when he took watch, but that’s what he had to do. ‘No one’s on the schedule for fourteen through eighteen, Robbie,’ Frank told him. Robbie responded with a sincere apology and told Frank he forgot. “If the investigation is too much, then I’ll put someone else on it.”...
It wasn’t good for Sophie’s new condition to be out in the sun for long periods of time. While she wouldn’t burn, it would cause her more discomfort than a human. It was discouraging that she didn’t speak, and her eyes looked at me blankly. I got her to eat some food, but not much. I placed her i...
It was their signal to Robbie or Beginnings should they fly over. Frank chuckled as he lifted the edge of the white, summer time, thin dress Ellen wore. “This is not you.” “It’s so old fashion, huh?” “And feminine.” “Thanks.” Ellen fiddled with the dress. “I found it in the house. Do you think th...
He had carried the last body he could outside to the graves he had taken all night to dig. Eight men total were now gone and seven more remained, himself included. As the days moved on, all had gone out of remission and relapsed. Robbie was bombarded. He was encircled with illness in every direct...
Life on the HillI was one of the fortunate few. I had something to do. I know that sounds strange, but think about it. Imagine life with no television and nothing to do. Imagine how slowly time would pass and how quickly you could go out of your mind. The ‘searching’ for survivors kept me busy fo...
It isn’t the first time, and it won’t be the last. I know it’s just tension. Michael is trying, but I really don’t care. They can claim to see my point. Pacify me. Pat me on the back and say, “It’ll get better.” Well, it won’t. I carry a lot of blame, and I have been punished for it. I have paid....
I had to get back to the starting point, in case Tony returned. Both Gail and Larry understood, and did say that the area was safe. Although Tony vanishing just after the Humvee was stolen didn’t do much to reiterate those sentiments. It was still snowing, though it did le...
Usually, in a lucid dream-state, Marcus would spend his time figuring it out, as if he were in a good mystery. Why was he there? What did it mean? What caused it? However, no dream in recent memory was as clear to Marcus as his latest. The feel of t...
He was so hard to control. He wouldn’t just sit there, he’d kick his legs outward wanting so badly to get off Ellen’s lap. “Dean,” she whispered to him, “I can’t believe you’re making me do this.” “Shh.” He tilted his head into her. “Want me to take the baby?” “I want you to tell me I can go home...
The plan was to set the explosives around the trees, and have Madge deliver the explosives in the city. If she succeeded without being killed, I agreed to send her to Hopeland. If she didn’t, then oh, well, she got what she deserved. It was the last of our prepared explosives so I hoped it was en...
Reggie called, and then raced through the darkness to the small fire Marcus was building. She handed him a large twig. “Oh, this one’s good. Thanks.” He began to break it up. “I was thinking, what I wouldn’t give to have a tree to pee behind. And th...
It took a good half hour into the trip before he said a word, and the conversation opened up with his history of carsickness. Nora offered to pull over and let him drive if that would help. He declined. “I’m good for now,” he said. ...
The gray skies added a gloomy look to all that was going on. My girls were upset which was evident by their silence. The first ten minutes in the car they cried, then nothing. The squeaky windshield wipers added a sort of backbeat to the, ‘Best of Neil Sedaka’ music my father played. ...
Of course Robbie would be more grateful if Frank was around to replace the brakes on the Jeep. Fixing automobiles was never a chore for Frank; it was a hobby. There were others in Beginnings who could easily do it, but since Frank liked it, he made it part of the responsibility of the head of sec...
Leg of the JourneyOctober 18thDamon, NY Mick’s arms held tight to both Chris and Tigger. He didn’t want to let go, but at least this time before he left, he was more than positive that they were safe. He kissed them both and stood. “Okay, go to school. I’ll be back before you go to sleep.”“Be car...
The Stroll Although he was as irritating as a summer rash, there was something comforting about Tanner, like a favorite childhood blanket or toy. When Davis sent him off to ‘do something useful’, I missed him. Davis was a busy man. His desk was sprawled with maps and papers, yet he excused himsel...
But Lana was proud of him. Ben had not only stayed behind, but had been helping out. Now he had chosen to go with the group to search for the fallen plane.He claimed the inability to leave was the only reason for his actions, but she felt it was more than that. She felt deep inside that he had re...