As she is talking, and tells me that I am the only male, I suddenly think of my family. My Parents! My Sibling!
I had one Sister, still 18, that had been living in an apartment down the street from me, what the heck had happened to her!? Surely she had also gotten a letter!
The overseer turns around and sees my face. I must have looked horrified, because she stared for a moment before stepping around the desk and crouching in front of me, "Are you alright? , Answer Me!" She snapped her fingers in front of my face, and then stood as if to call someone.
I jerked out of my frozen state, and grabbed her wrist, "My family! In the rush I don't know what happened! I must find out if they made it! Can you help me!?"
She jerked away at first, when i grabbed her hand, but stepped forward again when I spoke. Gosh she must think i'm nutty! I thought.
"I'm sorry..." I said, "It's just that I suddenly remembered"
She nodded, "Alright... yes, let's go talk to my sectetary, she has the records..." She led me away from the chair, still holding the hand that I had grabbed her with. That felt a bit uncomfortable, like i was being led on by a parent...
We exited the office and stepped to the desk of the secretary, a pretty young lady with her hair in a bun. She looked up at the overseer, "Yes ma'am?"
"Shaina, I need you to look up some residents for me... from the whole vault network... the last name of, "
"Yes Ma'am" and she turned away, typing on her computer terminal.
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