Chapter 22
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On Wednesday April 13th Adam and Eve went to the movies. They saw a dark comedy about a woman planning to murder her unfaithful husband. She gives him a week to live to ensure their children are taken care of afterwords. Before the movie was a Donald Duck cartoon, emphasizing that everyone should work together towards building Arks. In 23 days it would be Eve's 15th birthday. But instead of looking forward to the future these young loversreminisced about the past. They remembered going to the resort town of Wildwood for a week or more every summer. The neach, boardwalk rides, miniature golf. Their families usually vacationed there together. It seemedlikely that part of ELE would hit the ocean, causing a giant wave. Adam said that he wanted to be at Wildwood, try to surf that wave. The force would probably snap his neck instantly, even if it didn't Adam would drown before reachig the top of that wave. But it seemed as good a way to die as any. This joke was just one ofmany about ELE. Gallows humor helped people cope with the danger. After the movie Adam and Eve went back to her house. Her parents were out, probably with their respective lovers. They began making out. Cujo barked at this but Eve just shut her bedroom door. During this Adam began slowly taking off Eve's clothes. She gently told him to stop, he didn't. Eve became more forceful, kicked him off her bed. She asked if Adam was okay. In his anger Adam hit Eve across the face. Eve was shocked, how could Adam do that to her? Adam panicked and fled her house, leaving Eve alone.