CHAPTER 47
EVERY SOUND ECHOED in the gloomy restroom as Marie left the stall and stepped to the sink to wash her hands. The taps were covered with a plastic bag as a reminder. Nate had warned that they should conserve water because it was probably fed by gravity from a storage tank during a power outage and the situation could last for days. He also said the water treatment system might be compromised and not to drink from the tap. They’d filled buckets and pots and gallon jugs to use in the toilets if it came to that.
She blew out a sigh. This just gets better and better. She dispensed hand sanitizer and squinted into the mirror as she smoothed it over her hands. The shadows in the room cast strange shapes into the hollows of her face, but even in the muted light she could see the emerg
