Chapter 13: Outing

“She needs medicine,” said the small voice of Alex. Tears were starting to well up in her eyes. “Please,” she pleaded with the adults.

“Of course, we’ll get some,” said a worried Randy.

Alex looked up at Rosemarie.

Chapter 12.2

“I think we should put up as many shelves as we can along here,” said Georgi, pointing to one of the long walls of the cabin.

Georgi began coughing. She did her best to stop the tickle in her throat.

“Are you sure you want to do this today?” asked Rosemarie. “You look like you might fall down.”

“It’ll be fine,” said Georgi, clearing her throat. “Let’s get to work.”

Chapter 12: Uh Oh

The next morning, Rosemarie woke up to Georgi blowing her nose.

“Morning,” Rosemarie said. “Are you ok?”

“Sorry,” Georgi said from her blankets. “I didn’t mean to wake you. My allergies are actin’ up.” She wiped her nose.

“Do we have any allergy medicine?” Rosemarie asked.

Chapter 11.3

Georgi drove the truck back to the cabin. Away from the city seemed so peaceful. So quiet. If it wasn’t for the abandoned houses and businesses, the whole zombie thing could have been something they had imagined.

“Too bad we didn’t find much in the way of medicine,” said Rosemarie.

“We did get a few boxes of bandaids,” said Georgi.

“Momma,” said Alex. “A library.” She was pointing to a small unassuming building. It was a tiny white structure with a little sign.

Chapter 11.2

The women, little girl and dog finally climbed out of the truck and walked to the house. Rosemarie noticed the manicured flower bed near the front porch. Weeds were growing among the irises and daffodils. She reached down to pluck a few.

Chapter 11: Necessary Evil

The majority of the group decided to take the truck with the trailer. Rosemarie didn’t want to have to go out too much to retrieve things if they could do one big shopping trip.

She and Alex were still leery about getting out of the treehouse. With a lot of encouragement, they ran down the stairs and jumped in the truck. Georgi, Alex, and Rosemarie with a wriggly dog rode in the front. Neil and Randy took up position in the bed of the truck.

Chapter 10.3

Three days passed without zombies finding them. Alex and Rosemarie spent time working on creating a hanging garden and dreaming up plans for a garden on the ground. Of course, they were still worried about setting foot on the ground. Georgi didn’t blame them and wished that she didn’t have to set foot on it either.