Jacob Yarbro

Who Knows

Jane woke up screaming to the comfort of her sister. Their world was shattered 20 years earlier after their dad died when two planes flew into the world trade center. The last time Jane saw her dad was the morning he left for work. She fell asleep on the couch that night and work up just in time to see him walk out the door. Then, just when things were getting better, both lost their jobs to a global pandemic that killed thousands. Jane's sister Sara stayed up with Jane after her dream and assured her it was just that, a dream. Things were slowly getting back to normal, and people were going back to work. It was their mother that kept them home. She didn't handle the virus well. She had scar tissue on her lungs that made small tasks nearly impossible. Jane and Sara took turns finding small jobs around their neighborhood to make money but knew it wasn't enough. One day one of them would have to go back to work. Jane didn't see much reason; she knew things would only worsen, but Sara had hope.