Island Zero Page #3

so is cell phone service.

You can hear we're on

back up generator, here.

Have you tried email, yet?

Internet's out.

Anyone else got it?

It's out at

the clinics, too.

So, no one knows why

the ferry didn't show up?

When the ferry cancels, it's

either weather or mechanical.

Well. the weather

seems fine to me.

So it's gotta be mechanical.

It'll show up when the fix it.

Well, I-I have to get back to

New York City tomorrow.

My daughter's expecting

me for the holidays.

Well, I'm expecting

and Amazon package tomorrow.

If Barb don't get a Christmas

present I'm... dead-meat.

You haven't got Barb

a Christmas present, yet?

What's wrong with you?

Looks like nobody's getting

off the island tonight.

I'm goin' home.

I'm sure it'll be

here tomorrow.

It better. It's got the

monthly shipment

of diesel on it.

Storage tank's are getting

mighty low down on the docks.

Looks like you two'll

need lodgin' again tonight.

I'll make sure there

rooms are ready.

Thanks.

[generator revs]

[ominous music]

We're shutting off the

generator in about

fifteen minutes.

I brought you a

flashlight and some candles.

Thanks, Jesse.

I'm sorry about your

ferry not showing.

That's kinda how

it goes, though.

Living on an island,

can't count on anything.

Ferry, power, the weather.

[chuckles]

Why do you stay here?

I always lived here.

And never had a good

enough reason to leave.

I could use one.

It's only 40 miles to

the mainland,

it's not like from

here to the moon.

Sometimes feels like it.

I mean, just about everything

comes from the mainland,

but, without the ferry-

[power surges]

this is all we're left with.

[deep breaths]

Well, at least I get

one night with you.

[soft music]

[rocking chair creaks]

[generator revs]

[ominous sound]

I like your little

waitress outfit, by the way.

- Really?

- Yeah.

Wish you'd wear it

all the time.

I think I can manage that.

[both chuckle]

[diner music plays]

Ell tells me you're

a novelist.

Anything I might have read?

Uhh, only if the name Titus

McLean means anything to you.

Sorry, it doesn't.

I hear you're a doctor.

Locum tenens.

I'm filling in while

they looking for someone

permanent to take

over the islands.

It seems like I spend

most of my time on ferry's.

When they're running.

It'll show up today, trust me.

Trust him.

[ominous music]

[waves crashing]

[vehicle approaches]

[music on radio]

Looks like you'll have

to stay for Christmas.

Wouldn't be so bad, would it?

It just makes things harder.

I want it to be harder,

I don't want it to be

so easy for you to leave me.

I'm not leaving you.

I'm leaving this island.

It works out the same.

But then come with me,

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