The Before
“It just seemed too bizarre. Too much like science fiction to be real. Besides, the drama at home kept me occupied.Mel hadn’t spoken in a full sentence since the first day. Uncle Rodney called three or four times a day. Though he always started with his request that we just get in the car and drive up to his place, he also included helpful tips about how to survive the coming apocalypse. Like I really needed to know how many drops of bleach it took to purify a gallon of water or how to make a candle out of a can of Crisco. But me not wanting to know this crap didn’t keep him from telling me.Maybe I could have handled Mel’s silence and Uncle Rodney’s weirdness if Mom had reacted differently. My mom. My tough, balls to the wall, cynical, smart mom. This was a woman who pushed us and fought for us and drove us crazy, but who never ever backed down from a fight. From the second she saw the news about the outbreak, she lost it. I don’t mean she lost her temper, I mean she lost herself.
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