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Simone is coming home from the hospital, and I think you should get Conner back home as well. When Simone called, she said they were warned to look out for people becoming violent and trying to bite each other. The CDC is telling the hospitals it is some kind of plague. They just aren’t alerting the general public directly yet, but I imagine that will hit the news soon.” I pause for a moment to let that info sink in, then say, “Samantha, I am moving everything to the ranch.” There is a short silence on the other end.
“Do you think it’s that serious?”
“Yes, Samantha, I do. And apparently a lot of other people do as well. I have a small crowd outside the store right now, and I’m supposed to open in ten minutes.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m not going to open up. I’ll have to tell the people out there to go back home. It’s only me here with the kids, and I’m not about to let thirty desperate people come into the store and start fighting over what I have on the shelves.”
“You have that many people out there? Eddie, do you need us to come by and help?”
“Thanks, but not yet. You get Conner and yourself ready to head out to the Ranch. Be prepared to take everything, Samantha. If this is what it sounds like, then we won’t be coming back to the city anytime soon. Oh, one thing I do need you to do, have Conner arrange for a semi to come by the store so we can load everything that’s here and take it with us. Tell him I’ll pay the driver four times the rate if they can show up in the next few hours. And I’ll need someone to help load the truck. Whoever it is should be trustworthy. They’ll know where we are and all of the supplies.”
“Okay, I’ll let him know.”
“Dad, Mom’s on the phone,” Hannah says, offering the store phone to me.
“Samantha, I have to go, Simone’s on the phone. Get Conner home and get us a truck okay?”
“Okay, Eddie. Goodbye.”
“I’ll take it Hannah, thanks. Simone, where are you?”
“I’m in the car and leaving right now.”
“Okay, come on home and drive carefully. I’ll see you in about twenty minutes. I love you”
“I love you too. See you soon,” Simone says and hangs up.
The Krenshaw Household
“Hi honey, did you call Eddie already?”
“No, he called me. Conner, he says he is moving his family to the ranch, and we should do the same.”
“Did he tell you anything specific?”
“The CDC is warning the hospitals that there is a possible plague outbreak. His wife was told to watch out for people coming into the hospital with bite marks and acting aggressively.”
“What? You mean like an animal attack? This is something to do with rabies?”
“No! Conner, they were told to watch out for people biting each other. People! Not animal bites. Conner, I believe him. You need to come home. There was something in the way he told me what was happening. It sent shivers down my spine, and it let me know he was absolutely telling the truth.”
“Was he that dramatic?”
“That’s just it. He was calm, firm, and direct. It made me feel like I was on a ship and the captain was telling me we were sinking.”
“Okay, honey. If he is taking it this seriously, then we should as well. I’ll leave work in the next half hour. First, I have to tell my people what I know, and give them a chance as well.”
“Conner? Eddie wants you to send a driver with a truck that can haul all of the stuff he has in his store, and someone to help load. He said he would pay four times the rate if the driver can be there in the next two hours.”
“Samantha, you need to call Emily, and get her back here from Portland.”
“Oh Conner, she’s not going to like this. She has that scientist from Germany with her right now.”
“Who is with her?” he asks, clearly confused by what his wife is saying.
“Her biology group is getting to work with him because of that research paper that she was telling us about. Don’t you
“Do you think it’s that serious?”
“Yes, Samantha, I do. And apparently a lot of other people do as well. I have a small crowd outside the store right now, and I’m supposed to open in ten minutes.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m not going to open up. I’ll have to tell the people out there to go back home. It’s only me here with the kids, and I’m not about to let thirty desperate people come into the store and start fighting over what I have on the shelves.”
“You have that many people out there? Eddie, do you need us to come by and help?”
“Thanks, but not yet. You get Conner and yourself ready to head out to the Ranch. Be prepared to take everything, Samantha. If this is what it sounds like, then we won’t be coming back to the city anytime soon. Oh, one thing I do need you to do, have Conner arrange for a semi to come by the store so we can load everything that’s here and take it with us. Tell him I’ll pay the driver four times the rate if they can show up in the next few hours. And I’ll need someone to help load the truck. Whoever it is should be trustworthy. They’ll know where we are and all of the supplies.”
“Okay, I’ll let him know.”
“Dad, Mom’s on the phone,” Hannah says, offering the store phone to me.
“Samantha, I have to go, Simone’s on the phone. Get Conner home and get us a truck okay?”
“Okay, Eddie. Goodbye.”
“I’ll take it Hannah, thanks. Simone, where are you?”
“I’m in the car and leaving right now.”
“Okay, come on home and drive carefully. I’ll see you in about twenty minutes. I love you”
“I love you too. See you soon,” Simone says and hangs up.
The Krenshaw Household
“Hi honey, did you call Eddie already?”
“No, he called me. Conner, he says he is moving his family to the ranch, and we should do the same.”
“Did he tell you anything specific?”
“The CDC is warning the hospitals that there is a possible plague outbreak. His wife was told to watch out for people coming into the hospital with bite marks and acting aggressively.”
“What? You mean like an animal attack? This is something to do with rabies?”
“No! Conner, they were told to watch out for people biting each other. People! Not animal bites. Conner, I believe him. You need to come home. There was something in the way he told me what was happening. It sent shivers down my spine, and it let me know he was absolutely telling the truth.”
“Was he that dramatic?”
“That’s just it. He was calm, firm, and direct. It made me feel like I was on a ship and the captain was telling me we were sinking.”
“Okay, honey. If he is taking it this seriously, then we should as well. I’ll leave work in the next half hour. First, I have to tell my people what I know, and give them a chance as well.”
“Conner? Eddie wants you to send a driver with a truck that can haul all of the stuff he has in his store, and someone to help load. He said he would pay four times the rate if the driver can be there in the next two hours.”
“Samantha, you need to call Emily, and get her back here from Portland.”
“Oh Conner, she’s not going to like this. She has that scientist from Germany with her right now.”
“Who is with her?” he asks, clearly confused by what his wife is saying.
“Her biology group is getting to work with him because of that research paper that she was telling us about. Don’t you
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