Surviving the Apocalypse with my Multiplier System novel Chapter 87

Ella nodded and went back to the car. Her mother greeted her as she got back, "Ella, honey! How did it go? Are we all set?"

"Almost, we just need to pay the registration fee. I’m here for the items now," she replied as she began to rifle through the boxes.

"Oh, is it a lot?" she asked worriedly. She knew it had taken both her daughter and husband a lot of effort to secure many of these supplies and hoped they wouldn’t be losing too many.

Ella pulled out a few small bags of rice and a few cans of tuna and corn. "It’s a little pricey, but not too bad for us. It’s about a month’s supply of food per person," she explained as she looked for a few other items they had a decent amount of.

Her mother watched her dig through various bags and boxes, pulling out different packets and cans of food. "Tell me what you’re looking for. Let me help you," she said. She had finally begun to come to terms with the world around her and felt a little useless compared to her husband and daughter.

"Thanks, Mom! Can you help me find the small bags of flour?" asked Ella, happy that her mother seemed more cheerful.

About 10 minutes later, Ella came back to her father’s side with a rather large bag filled with food. "Hey, Dad, this should be enough," she said, placing the bag on the desk.

Reginald quickly took a peek through the bags and nodded, agreeing with Ella’s choices. "Yes, this looks good."

He took the bag of food and the three filled-out forms and walked back to the registration counter, but queued in the second line, which was much shorter.

He only had to wait for about five minutes before he was greeted by a different administrative assistant.

"Hi, please hand me your filled-out forms," he greeted.

Reginald handed the three forms over and watched as the man looked through them, adding the provided information to his computer.

"Do you have an ID on you to verify your identity?" he asked calmly, looking up from his computer.

Reginald fished out his wallet from his pant pocket and handed over his driver’s license. The administrative assistant took the ID and scanned it into the computer.

"Thank you, your identity has been verified. You will be registered as the head of the household, and it will be your responsibility to care for anyone under your care... in this case, your wife and daughter. In the future, they will be able to set up their own households if needed."

Reginald nodded while placing his driver’s license back into his wallet.

"As for the registration fees, it will be roughly a month’s supply of food per person," he said. Just as he was about to continue explaining that the details were written on the paper, Reginald placed the large bag of food on the counter.

"Please look through this. According to the information written on the paper, this amount should be enough," he said, cutting off the administrative assistant.