Champ barked a welcome to Storm as he walked out onto the porch. He bent down and rubbed the top of the mutt’s head with knuckles of his hand, the way he had seen Pete do it. He had warmed to his dad’s dog. Even if the mutt was liable to run off at a moment’s notice and end up in the dog pound. He wondered how much money Pete had paid to get Champ back every time the dogcatcher found him wandering the streets.
Pete gave him a nod as he walked out of the garage. He paused by the old car permanently parked in his driveway to wipe at a smear of black oil across his forearm. He threw the greasy rag over the rusting bumper when he was done.
“I’ll fix us a cuppa tea,” he said as he passed Storm.
“Thanks. Oh shit! I forgot to phone mum when we arrived.” …show more content…
I talked to her on the phone this morning,” Pete called out from the kitchen. “You were sleeping like a rock.” He came back out and placed the cups down on the porch boards, pushing at the dog until it lost interest and slumped down on its stomach with a groan.
Storm brought a chair out of the kitchen and sat down beside his dad and they sipped the brew in silence for a long while. Finally, Pete could contain himself no longer.
“When did you plan on telling me you were joining up?” He peered over the rim of his cup at Storm.
“Stella told me the other day. Alistair mentioned it before he left this morning as well.”
“You can't be against it too.”
“What I said to him was, I want to see you live a long …show more content…
“I've been listening to the radio out in the shed. There's police raids going on everywhere. Hundreds of people rounded up. God knows where they're putting them. Alistair told me people accused of being anti-government are disappearing. They go missing at night and there's not a word to anyone where they are being held. The fighting in the US is much worse than they are telling us. Alistair said it’s civil war. I don't know how they fight their own people. And now we are fighting China, Russia, and Iran as well. Everyday thing's keep getting crazier.”
Storm told his father about the dead couple in the car hit by a meteorite, and the meeting with Martyn and what he had said.
After hearing Storm’s story Pete shook his head.
“When I was a kid a jubilee was a religious holiday. We raised money at a market day. Grandmas and aunties selling bottled pickles and jam. All the money went to the church. The priest would be rubbing his hands and slapping people on the back. I never heard of a Jubilee like you're
Pete gave him a nod as he walked out of the garage. He paused by the old car permanently parked in his driveway to wipe at a smear of black oil across his forearm. He threw the greasy rag over the rusting bumper when he was done.
“I’ll fix us a cuppa tea,” he said as he passed Storm.
“Thanks. Oh shit! I forgot to phone mum when we arrived.” …show more content…
I talked to her on the phone this morning,” Pete called out from the kitchen. “You were sleeping like a rock.” He came back out and placed the cups down on the porch boards, pushing at the dog until it lost interest and slumped down on its stomach with a groan.
Storm brought a chair out of the kitchen and sat down beside his dad and they sipped the brew in silence for a long while. Finally, Pete could contain himself no longer.
“When did you plan on telling me you were joining up?” He peered over the rim of his cup at Storm.
“Stella told me the other day. Alistair mentioned it before he left this morning as well.”
“You can't be against it too.”
“What I said to him was, I want to see you live a long …show more content…
“I've been listening to the radio out in the shed. There's police raids going on everywhere. Hundreds of people rounded up. God knows where they're putting them. Alistair told me people accused of being anti-government are disappearing. They go missing at night and there's not a word to anyone where they are being held. The fighting in the US is much worse than they are telling us. Alistair said it’s civil war. I don't know how they fight their own people. And now we are fighting China, Russia, and Iran as well. Everyday thing's keep getting crazier.”
Storm told his father about the dead couple in the car hit by a meteorite, and the meeting with Martyn and what he had said.
After hearing Storm’s story Pete shook his head.
“When I was a kid a jubilee was a religious holiday. We raised money at a market day. Grandmas and aunties selling bottled pickles and jam. All the money went to the church. The priest would be rubbing his hands and slapping people on the back. I never heard of a Jubilee like you're