Chapter 39“It can’t be snowing indoors in California, can it?” Micah asked Don, and then he became aware of a sound that grew louder with each passing second. It was a low rumble, like several trains far away but coming closer and closer. The floor began to shudder violently under their feet. The lights blinked, and the crowd that had been so intent on watching the fight and whispering to one another suddenly became silent. One of the mirrors behind the bar cracked down the center and then shattered. The shaking sent chunks of plaster raining down from the ceiling. Someone in the crowd screamed.
“Earthquake!”
There was a panicked mass exodus for the exits as the room began to collapse around them. Micah found himself pinned by the crowd against a wall. His reaction was to crouch down und
