Chapter 32
The power went out in the first hour of the storm, leaving them in darkness, and then candlelight. Kat’s aesthetic prohibited battery lamps, despite the fire risk, and she had dozens of enormous pillar candles. Within a matter of minutes after the lights had flickered and died, the room took on a gothic appearance, like some ancient cathedral in a horror movie.
Jason had a portable indoor burner that ran off propane, a hand grinder for coffee beans, and a French press so they could have coffee in the morning, power or no power. (Scooter accused Jason of being a total boy scout, but Scooter probably wouldn’t find it nearly so funny when morning rolled around and Jason made him eat those words before allowing him to have coffee.)
Trick was crated up. It didn’t make him happy, b
