Dawn
My sister stares into the distance with vacant eyes and I can"t seem to reach her. My father is fighting for his life, my mother is dead, and I have turned into a mass murderer. So many people died because of what we did in that control room. I"m tired of the fighting; tired of the killing and I haven"t a clue when or if this will all be over. I just want to sleep in. I want to read. I want to just hang out with my boyfriend and my sister. I want to fish with Ryan, if he"s even still alive. I want this all to end.
I"m staring into the dark water when Lee joins me.
“Dawn,” he says, greeting me.
“Hi Lee,” I say quietly.
“You okay?” he asks.
“Do you believe in Heaven, Lee?” He doesn"t answer right away so I look at him.
“I don"t know,” he says honestly.
“Your family at the caves
