Chapter 4: DelayMonday morning dawned and an orange glow filled the bedroom. Ash loved sunrise. Dayna and Kevin were still asleep. Ash had stayed awake for a long time the night before, but she was pretty sure the other two had gone to sleep quickly. She shuddered as again she thought, They’re used to this.
She walked to the south window to envision their escape route and gasped.
There were still five cars in the driveway.
At first she didn’t understand, but then a flash of insight hit. She sat on the floor between the two beds and flipped through her notebook.
“What’s wrong?” Kevin peered over the side of the bed, rubbing his eyes.
“You were right. It is a holiday. It’s Memorial Day.”
“What? It isn’t the last day of May, yet, it’s only…what day is it?”
“May twenty-fifth. But Memori
