Pain throbbed through her stomach. It was worse with Cooper covering her body with his own, pressing it into the floor of the van. She knew he was trying to protect her from the bullets but still she squirmed trying …
Week 232 – She woke to another gunshot being fired
His body hit something hard. The jolt of pain jarred him out of unconsciousness, and he lifted his head and looked around him. Cooper felt groggy, his head was spinning, and his body wouldn’t cooperate properly. He was in a …
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Week 231 – Dazed and confused
Heat. Pain. Crackling. Dazed and confused, Sarah lifted her head, wincing at the resulting stab of pain bouncing around inside her skull. What had happened? Flames danced around her, pieces of burning debris lay scattered about, and she could see …
Week 230 – Duck for cover
Cooper was finally warm. At Walt’s car he and Sarah had stripped out of their soaked clothes and wrapped themselves in the emergency blankets Walt kept in his first aid kit. They’d stopped at a Walmart and Walt and Becca …
Week 229 – Put her down
Everything was fuzzy. Sarah felt like she was still underwater but she knew she wasn’t. She had hazy memories of water gushing from her lungs, and warm hands on her. Cooper’s hands. Somehow they penetrated the bone deep cold with …