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you do.”
“I sort of figured that, but I wasn’t a hundred percent sure. You said the
last time we spoke that you’ve been talking to a few other groups. Have
you been in contact with them recently?”
“I don’t want to discourage you guys,” Patch begins. “But no, not in the
last 24 hours… and we always make sure to check in with each other.”
Doug puts his hand on Tony’s shoulder. “It doesn’t mean there isn’t
anyone else out there.”
Tony takes a deep breath and leans back into the mic, “I don’t want to
keep you too long tonight Patch. Just a couple more, okay?”
“Sure thing. I understand you guys feel alone out there. We’re in the
same boat, as they say.”
“The property we’re on is pretty secure. We’ve got machine guns
guarding our rear with tons of ammo and we have two tanks guarding the
front. Our flanks are over watched by both and we’re surrounded by water
on three sides. We’ve got enough food for about a year or two and we have
two boats, a large offshore fishing boat, and a flat-bottomed skiff. Do you
think we should hunker down and try to ride this thing out?”
“Damn,” Patch says through the radio. “Sounds like you have s sweet
spot. Have you checked the hospitals?”
“There isn’t one on the island, but we do have a convalescent home.”
“They’re probably gone by now, but there will be meds there that you’ll
eventually need when someone gets sick. How about a prison?”
“Just a jail. Probably holds about twenty people at most. It’s spring break
so it’s probably full of frat boys and a couple local drunks.”
“If you have a heart, you’ll make sure they get out.” Patch says. “We’re
eight days into this thing. They’re sitting in there starving to death.”
“This guy is smart,” Doug says to Tony.
“It’s almost as if we have big brother watching over us. I suppose we’re
going to have to take a field trip to the police station then,” Tony says to
Doug before turning back to the mic. “Hey Patch, are you guys good?”
“We were,” Patch answers. “They’ve finally knocked the outside
perimeter fence down, but we’ve still got the interior fence. It seems to be
holding for now.”
“Damn. I wish we could help,” Tony says with sincerity.
“We’ll be okay. Don’t worry about us.”
“Okay Patch. We’ll reach out to you tomorrow evening. Tybee Island out.”
“Conch Republic out.”
“Let’s go check on Joey and fill him in,” Doug says.
Tony stands. “Yeah, and make sure he hasn’t screwed anything up on
the tank.”
To be continued…
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