Page 77 of The Publicity Stunt

"A series of F4 and F5 tornadoes are making their way through Texas, leaving destruction in their wake.”

“Galveston is one of the areas hit, and the damage seems isolated to the Twisters’ hockey stadium in a weird ironic twist of fate.”

“The areas with the most damage are the Enderlin, Carol, and Leonard area with seventeen reported fatalities.”

Kace stops Coach from turning off the TV when hears Enderlin. "Bri's from Enderlin," he says and stays glued to the television.

“Those identified so far are:

David and Alice Willis, ages 64 and 58, from Carol

Henry Norton, age 38, from Leonard

Florence Perkins, age 92, from Carol

John and Amelia Sutton, ages 45, from Enderlin

Ethan Neal, age 35, from Enderlin

Mary Griffin, age 28, from Enderlin

Hank, Mary, and Poppy Zimmerman, ages 35, 34, and 10, from Enderlin

Jack Sanchez, age 22, from Leonard

Holly Wilkins, age 26, from Leonard

Thomas Hanks, age 61, from Enderlin

Eric and Paige Weaver, ages 82 and 81, from Carol

Connor Black, age 41, from Leonard.”

"Tom Hanks was in Texas?" Bruno asks. "The actor?"

The picture of each person pops up, and Kace digs in his bag for his phone to call Bri. He holds it to his ear, his free hand shaking at his side, as he waits for her to answer. "Come on, baby, pick up. Pick up."

"What's going on?"

Rudy shrugs. "I'd be the last person to know," he says.

The entire room watches him with intense looks, and Kace groans when he hears Bri's voicemail.

"Bri, it's me. I just saw the news about Mr. Hanks. Call me. I need to know you're okay. Please," he says and hangs up. Turning to the others, he points behind him at the screen. "That Thomas Hanks is a choir teacher at Bri's high school. The man she considers to be the only father-figure in her life, and one of the few people she trusts."

"Shit," Rudy says and looks around. "Well, let's go."

Coach shakes his head. "Where the fuck do you think we're going, Marshall? Galveston has no stadium."

"To Texas. We don't have games for a while, right? And we're obviously not playing at Galveston anytime soon, which means they're going to be working overtime to rework the schedule. Everyone out there probably needs help with clean up and delivering essentials.”

Kace can't stop his stomach from jumping. That's probably what his dad texted him, and he itches to know if Bri's okay. It's killing him not to know.

"Yeah, we'll consider this strength training as we help get rid of debris all around the area. I bet we could get a few teams, at least, to help out. If nothing else, they can show their support. And at the very least, Texas is home to two teams," Bruno says.

Letting out a sigh, Coach looks around the room. "It would be good press for us after everything that's happened. But we also risk getting injured if we go out there. Tornadoes don't show mercy."

Kace and Rudy share a glance before saying, "We know."

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