

"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXXVI)
Chapter LXXVI The enormous National Guard LSVR truck, an eight-wheeler weighing more than twenty tons, was partially engulfed by the...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXXV)
CHAPTER LXXV Michael desperately searched for Jeannie, but he could only see the dark water rising, now up to about two thirds of the...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXXIV)
Chapter LXXIV Michael stopped in the middle of the intersection and, opening his door, stood on the minivan’s bottom frame to see further...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXXIII)
Chapter LXXIII The rain was falling so hard that as quickly as the wipers brushed it away, just as quickly the windshield became awash...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXXII)
Chapter LXXII Jeannie stepped out of the closet and raised her two hands, shaking so badly that she could not hold them still. Nour...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXXI)
Chapter LXXI Lucas awoke with several of the storage boxes still piled on top of him. “…expected a lot more of a fight from you,” a man’s...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXX)
Chapter LXX The wind had picked up considerably since Hassam and Rosario had left the others, nearly half an hour before. The sky was...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXIX)
Chapter LXIX Jeannie had opened the kerosene can and was unscrewing the kerosene lamp’s fuel cap when the loud clatter of breaking glass...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXVIII)
Chapter LXVIII The day deteriorated at breakneck speed. Twilight came suddenly and prematurely, long before the rest of the hurricane...


"And Then They Came..." (Chapter LXVII)
Chapter LXVII Juan Romany padded on his slippers to his front entrance door, and looked through its peephole, wondering who would be...