Experts had predicted the sun would rise within two months, and all the skeptical residents had been proven wrong. Quincy was feeling gloomy lately. He never expected that the previously unreliable experts would actually be right for once.
In Ethan Dawson's words, the unreliable "experts" from before the apocalypse would have never been allowed into the base. The people who held influence here were the real deal.
At 4:30 in the morning, the bedroom door was opened from the outside. Evelyn Ford, a light sleeper, woke at the sound of the movement.
"Don't be afraid. It's me."
Hearing Ronan Kendrick's voice, Evelyn Ford lowered the gun in her hand.
"Are you hungry?" Evelyn Ford turned on the light and got up, walking over to Ronan Kendrick.
"I'm not hungry. Were you up all night?" Ronan Kendrick took off his jacket and hung it to the side, then sat on the bed with an arm around Evelyn Ford's shoulders.
