Chapter ThreeRebecca walked back to the group visibly shaken. James handed Charlie to Anica and walked over to her, wrapping her in a comforting arm.
‘Ben was in the hospital,’ she said, referring to her brother, her junior by three years. ‘Some sports thing. Mum’s in the hospital with him. Laura’s at home with Dad. He said Mum managed to phone out once but the line was bad and she was whispering so they didn’t get too many details. She said something about tunnels under the hospital.’ Rebecca seemed to wilt into her husband’s arms, the thought of her family stranded in the damned city proving too much for her. ‘I told Dad to go to the Queenscliff fort with her. Apparently the emergency refugee centre is being set up there. Laura still doesn’t know what’s happening. I couldn’t tell her, a
