Chapter 6

After the power went out, Sandra's face was flushed from the heat, but she still managed to take a jab at me. "It's all Linda's fault. If she'd gotten the ice ready earlier, I wouldn't be suffering like this!"

She peeked out the window. The once lush green trees had turned yellow and brittle, the ground was cracked and dry, and in the distance, someone seemed to have collapsed from the heat.

Sandra couldn't help but gloat. "Brian, is that your wife out there? Oh wow, she just fell. You're not worried about her, are you?"

Brian just shot her…