Manoel cleared the way into the
building, which turned out to be shoe store. No wonder it had been left intact,
who wanted to loot shoes? Thankfully there was a line of leather ottomans
against the back wall and we settled down on them.
“Ah
this feels like heaven” Owen sighed as he stretched out on his back, “I’ve
missed cushioned surfaces.” I smiled faintly.
“Do
you remember all the trouble we went through getting my mattress down to your
container?” I asked.
“Mm
seems like a life time ago.”
“Everything
happened so quickly” I whispered, “It all went by so fast. I don’t think I got
a chance to process it all before it was gone.” Owen sat up and I felt his eyes
on me. The torches were propped up in a shoe rack and spluttered with every
passing minute.
“I’m
sorry about how I reacted to you that day” he said barely audibly, “you were
right, I had known all along that something was happening, something big. I
just didn’t want to believe it. You have to understand Evie, the world had
ended I had lost my family, I was so far from home and I couldn’t go back and
then there you were. You were a shining light in my life and I didn’t want to
believe that you were a part of the darkness. I still don’t.”