16 July 2012

Jake was in the bathroom. Sirens blared through the wind. The hotel building heaved in the storm. Tad had moved him into the bathroom because he didn't know what else to do. He cried. He took two Vicodin from a pill bottle he found in Jakes pocket. Tad remembered reading a sign about what to do in a Hurricane. He remembered that it said all emergency personel would leave the island. He remembered thinking how strange that seemed. His phone wasn't working. Jake was in the bathroom propped up in the shower.

Tad got up from the floor corner where he had been sitting to look out the window. There was water in the parking lot below. He couldn't see much farther out. He didn't see anyone outside. The phones were disconnected. He remembered the sign saying the phones would be disconnected. Tad could see his motorcyle. He had ran out into the storm half an hour ago to tie the bike to a palm tree.

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