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Left Behind – The Kids, Book 1 Chapter 5 The Vanishings – The Eve of Destruction
The evening before the event that would change the lives of Judd Thompson, Vicki Byrne, Lionel Washington, and Ryan Daley, they didn’t know each other. Oh, Judd Thompson had seen Vicki Byrne at New Hope Village Church on those few occasions when she was dragged there, all but kicking and screaming, by her parents. But he couldn’t of told you her name.
He knew she went to his school, Prospect High. But she was trailer trash. They would not have been seen together. He didn’t know, any better than Lionel Washington did, that Lionel’s Sister Clarice shared a seat on the school bus with Vicki. Judd and Clarice didn’t run in the same circles either.
It didn’t register with Judd, even when the pilot’s name was announced on the 747 flight to London, that the captain also occasionally attended New Hope Village Church. Judd had seen Raymie Steele at church. Raymie was part of the middle school youth group. But Judd didn’t know Raymie’s name. And he certainly had no knowledge of Raymie’s best friend, Ryan Daley.
In truth, the four kids were entwined in a web of connections they knew nothing about. Only in the events of that night, mainly the event late in the evening, Chicago time, would push them together, a strange mix of most different people and personalities.
Judd Thompson Junior took a bigger gulp of the champagne than he should have and had to cover his mouth to keep from spitting it out. Some of it came out through his nose, which burned as he coughed. He looked around sheepishly and was relieved to notice that no one had paid any attention. Ick! He would just pretend to sip from the glass until the beautiful flight attendant took it away.
Chapter 5 The Vanishings – The Eve of Destruction