Chapter 8 Lync and Adam had been underground for more than three weeks. Not that the radiation count had been off the scale, but more that the weather had been too miserable for them to leave the mall, so they’d made the decision to remain there until it stopped raining. Lync had used the cherry picker to get a look at the outside world, but there didn’t seem to be anyone braving the elements, if there was anyone left to brave them. So while they couldn’t leave the refuge the mall provided, he and Adam were able to leave the fallout shelter, and they’d made a cozy home for themselves in the courtyard. “And I was working on a contract to rent space to a home furnishing company. If this had held off just a year…” Adam sighed. Lync had heard rumors about the expansion. It would have been