I'm not a drinker usually but once you've been alone, away from your husband and son drowning your sorrows is the only way to go. I'm pretty sure I have now read every single book worth reading in this god damn library. Waiting for Tom to come back isn't the most thrilling thing. I just wish I could be of more use but he's very protective. I could learn to use a gun. How hard can it be? My husband can do it, and he was just an insurance adjuster. I knocked back some more of my whiskey. Only the strong stuff will help me through the night. It gets lonely here. I'm not alone, not really. There are other people here but they all ignore me. Like if they talk to me something bad will happen. I'm assuming it's because of Tom or Jason. My thoughts always seem to go back to them. A picture of the three of us sits on my mantelpiece. Jason's young but he's the spitting image of Tom. At least to me he is. I remember when I got pregnant Tom didn't believe Jason was his. I clearly told Tom he was the only man for me. I looked at the clock it was getting late maybe I should go to bed.
Before I could get up the light flicked on. What the hell? How is that even working? Before long the ceiling fan started moving round. That can't work without electricity as far as I'm aware.
"Julia, you have to run, run as fast as you can." My neighbour Melissa said bursting through my door and then screamed and ran out. I grabbed the gun in the cabinet. Tom left it for me in case of an emergency. I started making my way down the corridor. What the hell was going on? People were running around. Mothers hurrying their children through their corridors while the husbands frantically packed their possessions.
"Excuse me" I said grabbing one of the woman rushing past me shoulder. "What's going on?"
"Bombs" She shouted. "They're in the sky. They'll be here in seconds."
Julia didn't even have a chance to ask any more questions before the nukes dropped. A crashing noise followed by a mass of screams. A surge of pain shot through Julia as she felt the burning sensation. She thought of Jason and Tom. The screams started to silence and Julia's world went black.