Chapter Twenty-One
10 YEARS LATER
Alex and Marie Wilson slept soundly in their quarters. They’d lived for the last ten years in Shelter 16, under what had once been part of the state of Florida. The only thing slightly unusual tonight was the ten-year-old boy sleeping in the adjoining bedroom.
Kevin Torez was born shortly before he and his mother, Wendy, had arrived at the shelter. Working in the medical center, Alex saw that the young mother was all alone and he and Marie had sort of adopted them, helping and guiding them as best they could. Alex and Marie had become the unofficial godparents to the young boy and were quite attached to him.
Keven occasionally got to spend the night with his godparents when his mother was working a night shift.
Suddenly, a screeching alarm ripped them
