Chapter Thirteen
Jacob
Later that morning, the power came back on. Ellie and I remained at Darren’s for the rest of the day if only to avoid the rush of activity returning to the Strip. Their home was large and comfortable. Darren and I fiddled around, attempting to chase down possibilities that caused the power outage with Aidan and a few of our respective security contacts scattered across the country. Everyone had hypotheses, but in the end, no one knew who had caused the complete power outage and knocked out the cell communications on the Strip in Las Vegas.
Ellie had spent most of the day chatting with Sarah and Dee. She clearly had a soft spot for the dogs. Chocolate curled up on the couch with her in the afternoon while she and Dee played cards.
As the day wore on, I realized I
