Reclamation (Best Laid Plans Book 4) Read Online Free Page B
Author: Nathan Jones
“Before my group found a home here.”
After the meeting Matt and Sam made their way over to the clinic to visit Terry and April, while Lewis and Jane headed back to the shelter to sleep. They may have gone to bed early yesterday by some standards, but with their schedule of sleeping during the day to patrol at night the rest hadn't been great, even if they'd skipped their patrol to get it. Still, they agreed they should try to sleep now so this night's patrol wouldn't be quite as painful.
Now that they were by themselves Jane felt more comfortable showing signs of affection. She took his hand, and as they walked occasionally leaned her shoulder against his. Lewis enjoyed the opportunity to be close to his wife, filled with equal parts gratitude and disbelief that things had turned out the way they had with her.
Matt and Sam caught up to them halfway home, for some reason hurrying to do so. “Hey,” Sam called as the two came in shouting distance.
Jane casually slipped her hand out of his, and together they slowed down to meet their friends. “Hey,” Lewis said back. Then he caught their expressions. “What's up?”
“You promised us dinner and a movie, remember?” Matt asked, smiling. Sam nodded emphatically. “How about this evening?”
Lewis bit back a groan. It wasn't that he was too exhausted for the activity, and it did sound nice, but hearing the suggestion while thinking of their impending nightly shift made him feel tired. He was about to answer that, but before he could Jane cut in. “We're going to catch some sleep before our shift starts.”
Matt didn't lose his smile. “Yeah, about that. Asking you to do a full shift every night when there are plenty of people who could do it doesn't seem very fair. I know you guys volunteered for it, but I'm officially unvolunteering you. From now on you'll take a shift at most once every three nights. After all, you've got your own stuff to do.”
“Like dinner and a movie,” Sam said, grinning.
Jane glanced at him, seeming okay with the idea, so Lewis nodded. Patrolling every night
was
a bit much, especially after sleepless days like the last few. “Dinner and a movie sounds nice,” he said. “As long as you don't mind us falling asleep halfway through.”
Matt laughed. “Are you kidding? If it means you'll finally be able to get some decent rest I'll be happy to tuck you in myself.”
Chapter One
Hospitality
The distance from Newtown to Michigan that had taken Trev a bit over 8 days to travel took just a bit under 27 hours driving almost nonstop. That included brief restroom breaks and slowing down cautiously at hills and bends in the road, or any other obstacle that obstructed their sight and could provide an ambush spot.
There was also a heated debate between the driver and the passengers in the cab at every city, and even the smaller towns, about whether to circle around them on side roads or blast through at high speeds in the center of the road and hope for the best. Since they were following Lewis's route for the last half of the trip, which Trev had already traveled once, he was able to say with some confidence which areas they should avoid and which had been abandoned when he came through and were probably still safe.
On the longer stretches they were able to make up time, going the heavy truck's top speed of just over 50 miles an hour some of the way, and averaged maybe 35 or 40mph over the entire trip. Trev spent most of that time in the cab, even when he was too exhausted to stay awake and ended up sleeping, since he knew the route and aside from Lucas was the only one who really knew how to shoot a rifle. There was a bit of grumbling about him commandeering one of the most comfortable seats the entire trip, but everyone agreed he should be up there in case they ran into trouble.
When he wasn't sleeping or driving he spent the time watching the terrain zip by outside. Maybe it was lingering exhaustion, but a sight that
After the meeting Matt and Sam made their way over to the clinic to visit Terry and April, while Lewis and Jane headed back to the shelter to sleep. They may have gone to bed early yesterday by some standards, but with their schedule of sleeping during the day to patrol at night the rest hadn't been great, even if they'd skipped their patrol to get it. Still, they agreed they should try to sleep now so this night's patrol wouldn't be quite as painful.
Now that they were by themselves Jane felt more comfortable showing signs of affection. She took his hand, and as they walked occasionally leaned her shoulder against his. Lewis enjoyed the opportunity to be close to his wife, filled with equal parts gratitude and disbelief that things had turned out the way they had with her.
Matt and Sam caught up to them halfway home, for some reason hurrying to do so. “Hey,” Sam called as the two came in shouting distance.
Jane casually slipped her hand out of his, and together they slowed down to meet their friends. “Hey,” Lewis said back. Then he caught their expressions. “What's up?”
“You promised us dinner and a movie, remember?” Matt asked, smiling. Sam nodded emphatically. “How about this evening?”
Lewis bit back a groan. It wasn't that he was too exhausted for the activity, and it did sound nice, but hearing the suggestion while thinking of their impending nightly shift made him feel tired. He was about to answer that, but before he could Jane cut in. “We're going to catch some sleep before our shift starts.”
Matt didn't lose his smile. “Yeah, about that. Asking you to do a full shift every night when there are plenty of people who could do it doesn't seem very fair. I know you guys volunteered for it, but I'm officially unvolunteering you. From now on you'll take a shift at most once every three nights. After all, you've got your own stuff to do.”
“Like dinner and a movie,” Sam said, grinning.
Jane glanced at him, seeming okay with the idea, so Lewis nodded. Patrolling every night
was
a bit much, especially after sleepless days like the last few. “Dinner and a movie sounds nice,” he said. “As long as you don't mind us falling asleep halfway through.”
Matt laughed. “Are you kidding? If it means you'll finally be able to get some decent rest I'll be happy to tuck you in myself.”
Chapter One
Hospitality
The distance from Newtown to Michigan that had taken Trev a bit over 8 days to travel took just a bit under 27 hours driving almost nonstop. That included brief restroom breaks and slowing down cautiously at hills and bends in the road, or any other obstacle that obstructed their sight and could provide an ambush spot.
There was also a heated debate between the driver and the passengers in the cab at every city, and even the smaller towns, about whether to circle around them on side roads or blast through at high speeds in the center of the road and hope for the best. Since they were following Lewis's route for the last half of the trip, which Trev had already traveled once, he was able to say with some confidence which areas they should avoid and which had been abandoned when he came through and were probably still safe.
On the longer stretches they were able to make up time, going the heavy truck's top speed of just over 50 miles an hour some of the way, and averaged maybe 35 or 40mph over the entire trip. Trev spent most of that time in the cab, even when he was too exhausted to stay awake and ended up sleeping, since he knew the route and aside from Lucas was the only one who really knew how to shoot a rifle. There was a bit of grumbling about him commandeering one of the most comfortable seats the entire trip, but everyone agreed he should be up there in case they ran into trouble.
When he wasn't sleeping or driving he spent the time watching the terrain zip by outside. Maybe it was lingering exhaustion, but a sight that
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