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burger…’
‘Yeah, I definitely get what you’re saying. This is gonna be over soon. We’ve got to believe that.’
Stewart shoveled a fork of corned beef and rice into his mouth, ‘it better be, because as much as I love this house, I feel like I’m about to suffocate in it.’
‘I think we ought to just find other things to occupy our time. I mean, watching the news and all is just depressing.’
‘Agreed. However, we’ve got to keep up with what’s going on. Can’t be like those Japanese guys who were still hiding sixty years after war ended.
Out of the blue, Stewart’s telephone rang.
‘Who on earth could that be?’ Stewart jumped up, surprised. ‘Do you mind, Anne? Or should I just get it later?’ he asked before making his way over to the coffee table where his phone was placed.
A name flashed on the phone screen. 'Tim?'
‘How clever of you. How could you ever have guessed?’ Tim asked sarcastically.
‘How’s it going, man? It’s been a while since I’ve heard from you.’
‘You could definitely say that. Man, so much has happened in the past few months. It’s like Fort Lauderdale’s a whole new place. Restaurants are closed. We’ve got one grocery store that still manages to keep its doors open. It’s a downright mess, if you ask me.’
‘Yeah. What did you expect, though? This Ebola thing is out of control. They’re saying one in every thousand has it now. It’s not safe out there.’
‘Tell me about it. When was the last time you drove out?’ asked Tim.
Stewart almost hated admitting the fact that he hadn’t left his home in a while. ‘Eh. A few months,’ he said quietly enough that it could be considered a whisper.
‘Damn!’ Tim exclaimed. ‘That’s a hell of a long time. You mean you’ve still got enough food to make it?’
At that moment, it dawned on Stewart that Tim wasn’t calling him to check up on him. ‘Well, we’ve got to make do with the little that we have.’ Stewart tried hard not to sound as though they were doing as well on their stockpile as they were. However, he knew that Tim wasn’t stupid and would be able to determine that they did indeed have enough food for a while.
‘You haven’t run through that stockpile of yours yet, have you?’
A part of Stewart wanted to lie. He wanted to come up with some ridiculous story about how it all burned down or how they’d manage to eat their way three over a year’s worth of food in only a few months. Instead, he settled with, ‘not quite. Though it’s going a lot more quickly than I would have expected.’ A long pause later, Stewart asked, ‘so what is it, Tim? What did I do to deserve the honor of your phone call?’
‘Well…’ Tim sighed. ‘You know that I’m not the kind of person to ask for favors and all that.’
‘Good, because I’m not in the position to be handing out any favors. I’m homebound or whatever you wanna call it.’ This statement was followed with a look from Anne that caused Stewart to quickly pull his gaze away from her. He knew that he had to play nice or else…
‘No.’ Tim sounded as though he was trying hard to force a laugh. ‘It’s nothing that would cause you to have to leave your home. I was just wondering…’ He paused again. ‘I was wondering if I could possibly buy some goods off you. You know, considering I wasn’t as clever as you to start storing stuff.’
‘I’m not sure how much money’s worth to me at this point to be honest. I mean, it’s not like I can hop out to the stores and just buy whatever I want.’
‘Stewy,’ Anne’s voice chimed in.
Play nice, play nice , Stewart reminded himself. ‘But yeah. Let’s hear what you’ve got to offer.’
‘It’ll just be a few things like I dunno, some tampons, and a couple cans of food.’
Stewart placed his hand over the phone. ‘Anne, he wants tampons and food,’ he whispered to his wife.
‘Well, hell. Give them to him.’
‘Tampons huh. It’s that stressful over
‘Yeah, I definitely get what you’re saying. This is gonna be over soon. We’ve got to believe that.’
Stewart shoveled a fork of corned beef and rice into his mouth, ‘it better be, because as much as I love this house, I feel like I’m about to suffocate in it.’
‘I think we ought to just find other things to occupy our time. I mean, watching the news and all is just depressing.’
‘Agreed. However, we’ve got to keep up with what’s going on. Can’t be like those Japanese guys who were still hiding sixty years after war ended.
Out of the blue, Stewart’s telephone rang.
‘Who on earth could that be?’ Stewart jumped up, surprised. ‘Do you mind, Anne? Or should I just get it later?’ he asked before making his way over to the coffee table where his phone was placed.
A name flashed on the phone screen. 'Tim?'
‘How clever of you. How could you ever have guessed?’ Tim asked sarcastically.
‘How’s it going, man? It’s been a while since I’ve heard from you.’
‘You could definitely say that. Man, so much has happened in the past few months. It’s like Fort Lauderdale’s a whole new place. Restaurants are closed. We’ve got one grocery store that still manages to keep its doors open. It’s a downright mess, if you ask me.’
‘Yeah. What did you expect, though? This Ebola thing is out of control. They’re saying one in every thousand has it now. It’s not safe out there.’
‘Tell me about it. When was the last time you drove out?’ asked Tim.
Stewart almost hated admitting the fact that he hadn’t left his home in a while. ‘Eh. A few months,’ he said quietly enough that it could be considered a whisper.
‘Damn!’ Tim exclaimed. ‘That’s a hell of a long time. You mean you’ve still got enough food to make it?’
At that moment, it dawned on Stewart that Tim wasn’t calling him to check up on him. ‘Well, we’ve got to make do with the little that we have.’ Stewart tried hard not to sound as though they were doing as well on their stockpile as they were. However, he knew that Tim wasn’t stupid and would be able to determine that they did indeed have enough food for a while.
‘You haven’t run through that stockpile of yours yet, have you?’
A part of Stewart wanted to lie. He wanted to come up with some ridiculous story about how it all burned down or how they’d manage to eat their way three over a year’s worth of food in only a few months. Instead, he settled with, ‘not quite. Though it’s going a lot more quickly than I would have expected.’ A long pause later, Stewart asked, ‘so what is it, Tim? What did I do to deserve the honor of your phone call?’
‘Well…’ Tim sighed. ‘You know that I’m not the kind of person to ask for favors and all that.’
‘Good, because I’m not in the position to be handing out any favors. I’m homebound or whatever you wanna call it.’ This statement was followed with a look from Anne that caused Stewart to quickly pull his gaze away from her. He knew that he had to play nice or else…
‘No.’ Tim sounded as though he was trying hard to force a laugh. ‘It’s nothing that would cause you to have to leave your home. I was just wondering…’ He paused again. ‘I was wondering if I could possibly buy some goods off you. You know, considering I wasn’t as clever as you to start storing stuff.’
‘I’m not sure how much money’s worth to me at this point to be honest. I mean, it’s not like I can hop out to the stores and just buy whatever I want.’
‘Stewy,’ Anne’s voice chimed in.
Play nice, play nice , Stewart reminded himself. ‘But yeah. Let’s hear what you’ve got to offer.’
‘It’ll just be a few things like I dunno, some tampons, and a couple cans of food.’
Stewart placed his hand over the phone. ‘Anne, he wants tampons and food,’ he whispered to his wife.
‘Well, hell. Give them to him.’
‘Tampons huh. It’s that stressful over
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