Our Days Are Numbered

Chapter 15

PORTA’S POV

I took a stroll around the grounds after the little fight that has erupted, I now knew that Zoni had made an error while trying to flee a trap, so to speak, and was nearly caught, silly girl. However, that didn’t explain her hand.

“We need more cars” I heard Zoni’s voice come from the garage,

“For what?” I heard two men say at the same time but couldn’t tell who it was that was in there with her.

“There is something going on, we are not getting all the information we need to keep this place afloat, I’ve had people tell me of the concerns that they are having, a lot of information is being pushed under the rug. The camp was breeched three days before we got back, this place is no longer safe”

“So we move everyone out,” one man said

“We can’t, to many elders and children, they won’t be able to keep up the pace, so we need more cars, or a bus, or two, pack what we can in the jeeps and get every loaded into the buses and get the hell out of here before something bad happens”

I sucked in a breath walking away from the door, I seemed to have misread, the child was nothing like her father, I needed to get someone close to her on my side, someone that would be able to get her to do anything I wanted.

DEVIN’S POV

The audacity of putting me on patrol, where the f**k did she even get that idea, was this some kind of joke? Surely not, the biggest joke had to be that pretty boy strutting around my girl. The relationship between them was driving me to the edge, who does he even think he is?

“Devin” I looked back to see Porta behind me “hello my boy, fancy seeing you out here”

“Don’t patronize me what do you want?” Porta had a smile on his face that made him almost doll-like.

“I don’t suppose you have seen the change in our young lady, she is driving herself to a position that is becoming dangerous for the group, I need your help, I believe you are the only one that can reason with her”

“She has a good head on her shoulders whatever it is she probably has a good reason for it” I started to walk away

“she is planning on trying to move the camp” Porta shouted from behind me, I turned back to him, “I tried to reason with her, she does not want to hear it, the girl is willing to walk this whole camp into danger and have the people of it fight their way through”

“she spoke to you about this?”

“spoke is a nice way of putting it, she came in with the Granville boy and demanded that we start preparations, we have children and Elders, they will never survive”

“She would never do that,” I said, I could feel the truth behind my words but I could also feel the unease that shook my voice, Porta merely stood there and raised his shoulders, his hands clapped together making him look old and vulnerable

“she has changed my boy and I fear the worse” Porta turned on his heel and waddled off towards the sleeping quarters. I turned and walked on along the fences. My head was spinning and I couldn’t get the nagging feeling that entered my mind that Granville was poisoning the mind of my girl.

ZONI’S POV

I knocked on the blue door in front of me, wiggling my nose when no one answered, I was about to walk away when the door was wrenched open

“Zoni, sorry, she was on me and I didn’t want to wake her,” I looked down to see that Granville was holding a fat cat in his arms, she looked up sleepily at me

“oh I can come back some other time then,” I said scratching the cat’s head between her ears, as I turned Granville’s hand caught mine pulling me into the room and he closed the door behind me 

“You can't do that again,” I said crossing my arms over my chest looking at the cat in his arms as it purred and turned onto its back.

“I don’t think I know what you are talking about Granville said trying to look innocent as hell as he tickled the cat under its chin.

“you cant keep sizing Devin up, the guy will make a puddle out of you”

“I have made it out in the world alone longer than he has, I think I can look after myself” he dropped the cat out of his arms onto the bed. The small fat thing looked back at him and grumbled but soon made herself comfy on the bed and was asleep in a matter of seconds. I looked back at Granville who was watching me with hooded eyes,

“don’t look at me like that” I snapped at him although I dropped my arms to my side allowing him to take my waist. he pulled me to him, lightly running his fingers down my arm, I watched as his jaw tensed up and he swallowed hard.

Knock knock

The harsh knocking made me jump away from Granville, he rolled his eyes and went to open the door

“where is she?” I could hear Devin’s voice snapping the question

“She?” Granville answered lazily

“You know who!” Devin was almost shouting, Granville, sighed and walked away from the door picking up the fat sleeing cat. Winking at me as he walked back to the door

“Her?” he said holding up the cat I heard Devin huff and then storm off. I was giggling to myself as Granville walked back into the room, again letting the cat go. This time she meowed at him and ran off to hide under the bed. I was watching Granville closely as I made my way over to his bed sitting down heavily. He walked over to me, pushing two fingers against my forehead and making me go down on my back. He kneeled over me kissing me softly.

My hands went up fisting in his hair. Granville suddenly jumped up and walked towards the door locking it and then looking back at me and smiled mischievously