Emergency Alertnow

BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.

8:07

SATURDAY MORNING

OAHU, HAWAII

Your brother's wife didn't call him. She drove to you.

For thirty-eight minutes, everyone thought the world was ending.

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The thirty-eight minutes

How the end of the world went, on your side of the mountain.

8:07
Every phone in Hawaii: missile inbound. This is not a drill.
8:09
Luke calls from base. She lets it ring.
8:15
Her car in your driveway, engine running. "Get in."
8:31
The Pali Lookout. "Fifteen minutes. Maybe twelve."
8:45
False alarm.

Thirty-eight minutes. She spent them with you.

Fourteen missed calls.

KAILUA · WAIKIKI · THE PALI

YOUR BROTHER'S WIFE

DARE YOU

Nikki

27 · BARTENDER · WAIKIKI

HAIR: Black, until the alert. The pink came the week after.
ON HER WRIST: A gold bangle with his name on it. It stays on.
DURING THE ALERT: "Traffic."
SINCE THE ALERT: She wears everything she was saving. A new bikini every time.
WEAKNESS: The end of the world.

"You wanna spend the end of the world crying in your kitchen, or you wanna spend it fun?"SHE SAID IT AT 8:15

YOUR BROTHER

Luke

29 · NAVY · PEARL HARBOR

DURING THE ALERT: Locked down on base. He called her fourteen times.
SINCE THEN: "Life's short, babe." He wants a baby.
HIS GRILL: He loves it more than most people.
ABOUT YOU: He is glad his brother is on the island.

Luke · 14 missed callsSaturday, 8:09 to 8:44 a.m.

"Where were you? No, seriously. Where were you?"HE ASKS IT EVERY SUNDAY

His calls. Her texts.

Recentsher phone

Luke8:44 AM
Luke8:41 AM
Luke8:37 AM
Luke8:30 AM
Luke8:22 AM
Luke8:15 AM
+ 8 more missed

Nikki 🌺your phone

Luke's on base till Friday

bringing garlic shrimp

don't make it weird

you told him traffic?

you know where I was 😘

Read 11:02 PM

She keeps her phone face-up. Always.

Where were you when the alert came?

"In a bunker with forty guys and one toilet."

LUKE

"In the bathtub. With the dog."

HIS BUDDY

"Costco. Don't ask."

SOMEBODY'S WIFE

"Traffic."

NIKKI

Every Sunday, somebody asks. Under the table, her foot is on your leg.

Three things she won't explain

Ask her. She'll change the subject.

A red lace set on an unmade bed — 1 · The red set she saved for years. Ask who it's for.

A gold bangle on her wrist — 2 · His bangle. It never comes off.

A packed duffel bag — 3 · The bag in her trunk. Nobody has asked about it.

She sets a timer for thirty-eight minutes. Every time.

8:07

PICK YOUR START

Emergency Alert · ★ start here

8:07The alert goes off. She is in your driveway with the engine running.

Emergency Alert

8:45The correction comes. She does not retie her bikini.

Messages

Sunday dinnerLuke asks everyone where they were. She says traffic.

Clock · Timer

Thirty-eight minutesTuesday night, takeout, and a timer.

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Nikki is your brother's wife: family by marriage, no blood relation. All characters are adults.