Natalie Ray

Next time

It had become normal. Well as normal as anything was now. Since the temperatures had become permanently unlivable daily life had changed quite a lot. The suits were required for protection from the now absolutely lethal climate. Shelly was as used to all this as much as anyone can be. As much as we were able to be with the first outbreak. That had been just the beginning. Suits were now the only way one could safely move around outside. Without one a person could venture no more than somewhere between 10 and 20 minutes outside before they would succumb to a heatstroke. And that was anyone of any age, regardless of health or their vitality. Shelly had to go today. She didn’t want to give credence to the thought, but she knew it may be her last chance.