More houses were marked with the red seal, and more property was taken by Nightingale. Living here was a nightmare masked with reality, but it was slow poison we got used to. If I had moved to Brilliant Cove right now, I’d be dead or hiding in my closet.
Honestly, no one was ready to be evacuated. The middle-aged adult population was humungous, and with children, it was impossible within a week. They extended the evacuation to three days but specified that the teen and young adult population will not be given leeway.
And that was us. Those aged between thirteen and thirty would have to leave at various times. One by one. Brilliant Cove should be empty by April.
I remembered the first time I had seen Juniper High on the first day of grade twelve. It was a posh, classy school in appearanc
