299 Days: The Collapse (21 page)

Grant wondered if there were any other disasters that day. “Anyone heard any news?”

Mark said, “Same stuff. It’s getting worse. Seattle has full-on looting now. I’m not sure I can trust the news anymore. They’re downplaying everything. The TV is just full of politicians telling us how everything is under control.”

Mark added, “Hey, the internet is down. I tried to get online for work, just for laughs, since there is no one working now. It’s been down all day.”

Maybe that’s why there hasn’t been a text from Lisa, Grant thought. While texts didn’t come over the internet, maybe the software for routing them relied on the internet.

Grant felt stupid for even trying to analyze if an internet outage would affect text messages. It was simpler than that, Grant thought. There hadn’t been a call or text from Lisa because she hated him. Get over the past. They’re gone forever.

Then he heard something absolutely amazing. Car wheels on a gravel road? It almost sounded like Lisa’s car.

- End Book Two -