Page 94 of Guess Again

Lake Morikawa, Wisconsin Tuesday, August 5, 2025

“ANYTHING I CAN HELP YOU WITH BEFORE I LEAVE?”

ETHAN asked after his groceries were bagged.

“Only thing I have left to do is refuel the generator to make sure it lasts through the night,”

Uma said.

“If my freezers go down, I’ll lose my inventory.”

“Need a hand?”

“Would you mind?”

“Of course not,”

Ethan said.

“Generator is in the back.”

“Lead the way.”

A few minutes later, Ethan lifted the heavy five-gallon tank to the generator and poured gas into the funnel.

He filled it to the brim.

“That oughta do it,” he said.

“Thank you.

Storm is supposed to break overnight, but you know how slow they are to bring the power back around here.”

Life on Lake Morikawa could not exist without a good generator, Ethan knew.

It sometimes took days for the power to return after an outage.

“Want me to stop by tomorrow?”

Ethan said.

“In case you need to refill it?”

“No.

I’ll have my husband do it.

Thank you, though.”

“Have a good night.”

“Stay safe, Ethan,”

Uma said as Ethan hurried into the storm with his bags of groceries weighing him down.