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her door.
    ‘What’s your name kid?’ She asked handing him his phone back. She would have a look at hers later.
    ‘Jaime.’ He said. All traces of anxiety in his voice were gone.
    ‘What a cool name!’ She said, brushing back his brown hair.
    ‘My name is Samantha. But, you can call me Sam.’ She told him with a smile spreading across her face.
    ‘Have you eaten yet?’ She asked walking into her kitchen.
    She figured that the boy needed something to eat. She knew that there was a major crisis going on outside but, she needed to keep things relatively normal if she wanted this kid to be safe. He didn’t seem like he dealt well with being upset. And frankly Sam wasn’t sure how she felt about the situation either. She had decided that she should figure that out later. There was no time for freaking out. Hopefully Jaime’s mother is ok... She thought to herself. She didn’t need to alert the boy that his mother was in a complete and utter horror show wherever she was.
    ‘Do you like grilled cheese?’ Sam asked looking to the boy for his answer.
    ‘It’s alright. Yeah!’ Jaime replied.
    He licked his lips watching her butter the frying pan.
    Sam spread a little more butter onto a couple of pieces of bread and then placed them into her toaster. After a minute they popped back out.
    ‘Can I have two pieces of cheese?’ Jaime asked, his eyes wondering over to the cheese situated on the counter next to them.
    ‘Of course!’ She exclaimed.
    Anything to keep him happy . Sam placed the extra piece of cheese onto the toast and added the other half of the bread. She flipped the grilled cheese and a few minutes later ‘voila!’
    ‘Here you go!’ She told Jaime. Beckoning him to sit down so that she could serve him the lunch. Jaime needed time to check the news. And not just her local news here…National news. She was worried of what she might find. Now that she thought about it more, that video might be authentic. No matter how much she wished right now that it wasn’t true; she had to come to terms with the idea. She had the boy Jaime to look after now. His mother was out there. And there was ono telling what has happened to her. Sam really started doubting herself.
    Sam began checking out several news podcasts and news channels. They were all showing the same videos on loop. There were very few updates on the situation. More than likely due to the fact that Marshall Law had taken affect in most of the United States.
    ‘You got any milk?’ Jaime asked sneaking into her room.
    He was holding his plate which was clean of any food that had previously been there before. His expression seemed to ask for more.
    ‘Sure, it’s in the fridge, help yourself.’ She told him motioning her hand towards the fridge. Sam watched as he made his way back into the kitchen. She would use this time to make a few phone calls. She grabbed her phone off of her desk and began dialing the first person she could find in her contacts. Her mother Cynthia.
    ‘Jaime, when your done with that, why don’t you go into the living room and watch some cartoons? I’ll put them on for you.’
    She grabbed the remote and found a suitable channel. Something that wasn’t news. So, far the children’s channels were safe for him to view.
    ‘Ok.’ He said.
    He gently placed his dishes into the sink for her to wash. She thought he was being more courteous than most 10 year olds that she knew or ever met. She didn’t mind cleaning his dishes. But, who cared about that right now? She went into her room and closed the door. Sam clicked the green phone button and pressed the phone up to her ear.
    She heard the dial tone and then the sound of her mother’s number being dialed.
    Ringggggg…inggggggg… Sam waited for her mother’s familiar voice to answer. But, her phone kept on ringing. Not mom too? She was beginning to get more worried. She tried the number several times until she decided that she would try again later. Along with trying for