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Lynn laughed. 'I'd say that's the least of your worries.' |
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'What about going home?' Carol asked. |
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'Too dangerous,' Steve said, and started cutting into his meat. |
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'If I could think of any way to get home,' John said, 'we wouldn't be here. I'd give anything to be with Kara right now. But I just don't see how it can be done. Maybe I'd be able to handle whoever's outside, I don't know. I don't know how many there are, or how they might be armed. But the problem's the rain. If I get wet, it's all over. I'd be just like them. Hell, I might just turn around and come in to nail you people.' |
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'We just have to wait for the rain to stop,' Steve said. |
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'Eat, drink and be merry,' Carol muttered. She tongued some salt off the rim of her glass. 'I hope Peggy hurries with those drinks. If I'm gonna die, I want to be good and sloshed.' |
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'Nobody's going to die,' Lynn told her. |
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'Tell that to those poor slobs in the freezer. I'm sure the news would cheer them up considerably.' |
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'We're all going to be fine,' Lynn persisted. John reached around her back and caressed her shoulder. |
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'Before we know it,' she said, 'the rain'll let up and we'll all go on home and this'll be just like a bad dream. Isn't that right, honey?' |
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'Eat your food,' Steve told her. |
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'We're perfectly safe in here,' Lynn said. 'Look how |
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