Chapter Twenty-Nine
“Damn.”
Doreen broke away and sat up, looming over him in the near-dark. They had lit a single candle against this likelihood, and that was all that saved them from sepulchral black. The laptop had already been shut down, but the loss of the TV and electric lighting took a minute to adjust to. The roar of the storm sounded louder in the gloom though the TV had already been muted. From his submissive position Karl ventured encouragement.
“This isn’t anything we weren’t expecting.”
“No, but it’s still a pain in the ass.”
Doreen’s voice was worried as she ran down the list of difficulties.
“We’ve got about eight hours of battery life in that laptop, less if we watch videos. We can only recharge it through the cigarette lighter in the car. We’ve got no internet and
