JUNE 1st!
Akarak
flew her to town three days later. No movement in the city that
Debbie Sue could see, it was so quiet. Dead. “Where did all the
bodies go?”
Akarak
didn't look at her as he landed his chariot in the parking lot of the
hardware store. “People here and south on slave ships. Vinshal now
control Poshut ships. Bring people back.”
“Bring
them back? How many?”
“Twelve
million humans. Six ships.”
Twelve
million!
“Hard
time waking, few Vinshal. Need help first days. Not sure how many
Vinshal awake at first.”
They
walked into the store, Bobby on her hip. She was in shock. Could
Laurie be on the slave ship?
She
found seeds and other gardening supplies, a few cleaning items. There
was a selection of outdoor toys, she got Bobby buckets, shovels and a
metal truck big enough for him to sit on. But her thoughts were all
with Laurie.
“Akarak,
can we stop at my house?” She needed to leave a message, just in
case her sister made it home.
Akarak
flew her to her house and she couldn't help the crushing
disappointment when Laurie wasn't there and there were no messages.
She wrote a large note and taped it to her sofa so it would be
noticed right way.
'I
am living with Bobby out on county road 34, on the Palmer ranch.
First house from highway, turn off south on Palmer Road, large white
house. 60 miles from Casper, take the road to Alcova. We are safe.'
Not
that Laurie would have a car. If she was alive she was still
in Denver in hiding. Or on a slave ship in space. But just in case,
Debbie Sue left the note.
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