Chapter 11
Friday Evening, November 6th
I listened as light rain fell outside and thunder rolled in the distance. I looked over where Mel lounged in her chair with Boo stretched out across her lap and smiled. They looked so happy and content together. The noise of the thunder seemed to be far enough away that it wasn’t bothering my usually skittish dog.
Hannah sat on the sofa cuddling with Jef as he took his bedtime sippy cup of milk. I prayed that if the bulk of the storm moved closer, it wouldn’t keep him up. Heeding Bailey’s warning and the stuff Mel heard during her work day, we’d gotten out all the flashlights, checked the batteries and laid them all around so we could get around the house and find our way outside to the generator if we lost power, a common occurrence during storms
