The Run
“He left the bed gently, so as not to wake his sleeping wife, Bonnie. He got out of his flannel pajamas and into long underwear, jeans, a flannel lumberjack shirt, and heavy socks and boots, then tiptoed out of the room.Zeke’s sixteen-year-old son, Danny, was leaning against the inside of the front door, peering out of a narrow slat at the world outside. “Morning, Daddy,” he said.“Morning, Danny. What kind of night did we have?”“I thought I heard a noise, but I couldn’t spot anything with the ni...ght goggles. Heard a helicopter, though; I’m sure of that. Must have been two, three miles off, to the west.”“Yeah, they come around with their heat-detection systems, trying to catch one of us out of the house at night.”
“We had a couple of inches of snow, but it’s stopped.”“You keep watch, and I’ll get you some breakfast, then you can go to bed.”“Okay, Daddy.”Zeke threw some homemade sausage in the pan and got some eggs from the gas-operated refrigerator, then sliced some of Bonnie’s bread.MoreLess
“We had a couple of inches of snow, but it’s stopped.”“You keep watch, and I’ll get you some breakfast, then you can go to bed.”“Okay, Daddy.”Zeke threw some homemade sausage in the pan and got some eggs from the gas-operated refrigerator, then sliced some of Bonnie’s bread.MoreLess
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