18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 348

Had it not been for the sharp slaps that Bently's mom unleashed on Lindsay's cheeks which caused Bentley's eyes flicker, Stella might've thought Bentley had keeled over in some tragic act of devotion. Bentley's mother was livid, teeth clenched in fury. "If you're so eager to die, do it already! Leave your son behind and just die."

It was that little hussy throwing a fit, insisting on moving to the guesthouse, that dragged her son and grandson over there to coddle her.

Well, now look what had happened. The house collapsed, that woman was dead, and her unborn child too. Her son's spine was damaged, paralyzed, and the poor little grandson was motherless.

Bently's mother was on the brink of insanity. If she had known birthing such a calamity would lead to this day, she would've choked the life out of him at birth, avoiding this tragedy.

Bran wrapped his arms around the distraught woman. "Auntie, please, try to calm down."

She broke down, sobbing uncontrollably. "He might as well be dead. It would solve everything!"

Stella wasn't an expert in orthopedics or neurology, so she could only tend to Bentley's superficial injuries. Thinking of all the supplies Bentley had provided her, she offered a friendly suggestion, "He's got nerve damage. If it's possible, you might want to see if acupuncture could help."

As for where they could find a master of such things, she was of no help.

After tending to the wounds, Stella rushed off to rescue her own bladder.

Dawn broke, and the rescue efforts ceased.

Due to the night's poor visibility, Cody and Austin had suffered some minor scrapes and bruises.

The Porras family had their own medicine and took care of the injuries themselves.

The debris from the demolished guest wing revealed a charred object, twice the size of an escape pod. This cursed thing had caused injuries and death.

Curiosity stirred around it. "What in the world is this? It sure doesn't look like a missile," they murmured.

closely.

what it meant turned pale. With thousands of satellites

family would be struck by a falling

hadn't been extended, today's disaster might have been avoided. Poverty, in this case, had saved

Its rapid descent had scorched it beyond recognition, but within the hefty metal mass, there seemed to be chips not entirely

much discussion, they were more

inexplicable disasters over the years, she wondered if something had gone awry in the cosmos, like a change in the magnetic fields. If that were true, with thousands of satellites above, their descent to Earth was a chilling

have the energy to change his blood-stained clothes. "Jasper, Stella, we owe you big time for

and since then, they hadn't found a suitable replacement. With many injured at home, it looked

you ask for as payment, just name it,"

any payment yet. Just focus on your family for now. If

they spoke, Evan arrived with the police to assess

wanting to attract attention, quickly

damage to

darkened at

this wasn't the first satellite to fall. Days earlier, one had crashed in the capital, igniting fires and causing death and

was uncertain

If all the satellites were to fall, it would be an unprecedented disaster-unpreventable. The government on high alert, convening meetings immediately. At dinner, Stella's fears hadn't subsided, and then came another earth-shattering

with her telescope,

of them and the dog spent the night in the vehicle. Lukas reached out over

a sizable basement, roomy enough for

"No thanks, we've moved to the ground floor. The Porras place just got hit; what are

persisted, concerned, but

Austin called. "Jasper, Stella, why don't you

good drainage and ventilation, offering them two