I had been living in the woods for nearly ten years when it all happened. It was a personal choice, I had nowhere to go but knew that I needed to get away from the city. That I needed to get away from it all. I was labeled crazy there for awhile, even a lawbreaker. …
“Where’d he go?” asked Jack. Maureen shrugged “Off playing somewhere.” Jack stood up from his chair and walked back into their trailer. “Arnie you in here?” he called out. Jack shook his head and walked out “He’s not in there.” “Well I’m sure he’s fine, hun.” replied Maureen. “How do you know?” replied Jack looking …
No one believed me. They thought I was just some crazy old man babbling on about this and that. They didn’t know that I was the only sane one of the bunch. They should have listened to me. Had they listened many could have been saved. But the past can’t be changed, this much I …
It had been a month and my sickness had not let up. The doctor had given me all kinds of medicine, each one making me feel worse than that last. I was eventually moved into the hospital for closer observation, something I could scarcely afford and that happened against my protest. I had a fever …
I sat back against the crumbling walls of the ruins taking a deep gulp from the canteen around my waist. Before me ruins stretched out poking out of the desert sand. The sun was sweltering overhead. I looked around at the robed workers slowly excavating the site around me. “Tired?” asked Paul mockingly, a large …