Allison never bothered to memorize phone numbers. Everyone important-family, friends—they were all just a tap away in her contacts. Usually, if she needed to call someone, she'd scroll and hit dial. Easy.

She never imagined she'd get stuck like this.

Her phone was dead, Brooklyn's had run out of battery, and Allison had no idea what anyone's number was. Even if she borrowed Willow's phone, she wouldn't know who to call.

Willow looked miserable. "If I'd known there'd be a flood, I never would've asked you to come. My husband and I could have picked you up from Oak Lake."

Allison shook her head. "Don't say that. If you both went to Oak Lake, who'd take care of your son?"

Willow's little boy was only two, and he needed someone watching him all the time. Her in-laws had passed away, and her own mom was too frail to help. That's why Willow had asked Allison to come in the first place.

Allison tried to reassure her. "Seriously, don't blame yourself. This isn't on you. No one could've seen this coming. The rescue team should be here soon, anyway. I already called my dad earlier to let him know I'm okay."

The day Allison arrived, the sun had been shining and the forecast promised more of the same. But on the day she was supposed to leave, it started pouring-like, end-of-the-world rain. No one could've predicted it would last so long, let alone cause a flood.

With no power, Willow started making dinner early, around five.

inside had gone down a little. Last night, it was up

of rain boots and handed them to Allison. "I'm so sorry, I only have

was wading barefoot, her face unreadable. "It's

cold. "Brooklyn, why don't you go upstairs and rest? I'll

just shrugged. "This is nothing. Back during training, I had to

stared at her. "What kind of training is

Brooklyn stayed quiet.

more and she'd

a quick smile and jumped in. "Brooklyn

wide, totally impressed. "Wow, that's

like that, the awkward moment

started helping Willow rinse

how have you been these last couple

rinsed lettuce, leaf by leaf. "I'm

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