Quake
“He'd needed news of the quake. And of traffic conditions. Where a radio should've been, there was an empty space in the instrument panel. 'Where's your radio?' he'd asked. 'Gone.' He had shaken his head and started driving. He'd really wanted to hear some news! The Valley had been hit hard, that was obvious. But what about the rest of Los Angeles? If the epicenter had been somewhere near here, maybe L.A. got off easy. Maybe at home there was nothing but a minor tremor, the sort of t...hing you might mistake for a big truck driving by the house. Maybe Sheila didn't know it was a quake until she saw the chandelier above the dining room table swinging. The chandelier, their home earthquake meter. Yep, that was a four-point-two on the Chandelier Scale. 'It's the fourth,' Mary had said. 'What? What're you…?' 'I've had four stolen. And they always break a window.' Oh. Car radios. 'I even tried not locking the car at night. But they broke a window anyway.MoreLess
Read book Quake for free
You can download books for free in various formats, such as epub, pdf, azw, mobi, txt and others on book networks site. Additionally, the entire text is available for online reading through our e-reader. Our site is not responsible for the performance of third-party products (sites).
Write Review:
Guest
Read Also
9.31 / 10
8 / 10
7 / 10
User Reviews: