“Lightening usually hits tall things. We’re surrounded by
very tall trees, so we should be okay with that. Light the fire and let’s keep
watching.”
She’d no sooner spoken the words when the air in the cabin
turned blue with lightening while thunder showered an angry roar around them.
The crack of splintering wood followed the sound. Frozen in petrified horror
they watched as part of the tree barely five yards from their front door
disintegrate ten feet above the ground. The balance of the sixty foot pine
shuddered, briefly suspended in the air before it tilted, gathering momentum
and closed the distance to their cabin’s roof.
Matt yelled. Katy screamed. Melanie automatically gathered
Katy in her arms. The tree settled with Melanie half sitting, half lying on the
floor still clinging to Katy, who had buried her face in her mother’s neck.
Melanie looked for Matt amid the debris which had been the living room just
moments ago. Rain was pouring in on them where the roof had been destroyed, but
Melanie ignored it as she turned her attention to finding her son.
“Matt!” Panic filled her. “Where are you?” (From
"Hidden Strengths" by Natalie Peck, Bits and Bites) Read More Here
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