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Chapter 17

Author: Ada Plus
The rain kept pouring, the wind howling. Beatrice's voice was torn apart and carried away.

What was happening on Building 2's rooftop was seen by plenty of people hiding inside their homes. Voices rose from different floors, shouting at the woman, begging her to wake up and stop.

Yet, she didn't react.

Instead, she yanked the children with her and jumped.

Someone from Building 2 rushed up to the rooftop, trying to help, but it was already too late. They could only watch as the mother and two
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    Nicole quickly pulled two bathtubs full of water out of the storage space and shoved Zeph toward the bathroom."You stink."Ever since they got back from the ceramics factory, Zeph had been showering at Nicole's place.One rinse to wash off the grime, another to properly clean up from head to toe.By the time he came out toweling off his hair, Nicole had already placed a glass of iced tea on the table for him."How's the car repair going?" she asked.Zeph downed a few satisfied gulps before answering."Mine should be salvageable. The others depend on luck. Too many parts are damaged. We'll have to strip pieces from other vehicles, then quietly scavenge more parts ourselves and see if we can piece together another working car."Nicole thought the whole process sounded exhausting. "Once your truck's fixed, just repair one more for Jeremy's group. That's enough."Going out to strip abandoned vehicles for parts meant dealing not only with other survivors, but also with the deadly

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    Fortunately, Hughie's group could handle themselves, and they weren't walking around unarmed. Nobody managed to take advantage of them.As the floodwaters dropped to knee level, Zeph finally stopped sitting on the sidelines and started going out with Hughie's group to look for vehicles. If they waited much longer, most of the remaining cars would be stripped for parts or damaged beyond repair.They weren't the only ones moving quickly.City crews had already begun large-scale recovery work. Excavators and drilling rigs appeared throughout the area. Some teams were digging wells, while others started building public restroom facilities. Everything moved with surprising efficiency, as if the entire recovery process had already been planned long ago.Under the relentless heat, water evaporated at an unbelievable speed. The thick layers of sludge covering Crownview Residences dried and cracked apart within a single day.At noon, temperatures climbed to 127 degrees. Standing outsid

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    As the heat dragged on, the floodwaters dropped faster by the day. Survivors who had spent months hiding indoors finally started coming out around dawn and dusk.To protect their secret, Nicole stopped going out altogether.After days of leaving before dawn and returning late at night, the exhaustion finally caught up with her. She rested for several days before she started feeling human again.Sitting in front of the cooling fan and eating frozen watermelon, Nicole started thinking about Hughie's group and how to get them safely to Halloway.Eventually, she pulled out a large batch of fresh vegetables from the storage space and handed them over to Hughie and Jeremy."Spread these out on the balcony and dry them," she said. "I just harvested them. Once they're done, seal them up tight and save them for later."Hughie stared at the vegetables, visibly touched. "You're giving us all this? What about you and Zeph?""The seeds belonged to all of us in the first place," she replied c

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