Amanda Carter in the L.A.Z., life after zombies by Jo Lee Auburne

Author:Jo Lee Auburne [Auburne, Jo Lee]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
ISBN: 9781683487166
Publisher: Page Publishing Inc
Published: 2016-08-23T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 39

The third and fourth shelves of the pantry were interesting in that they contained baking ingredients. There were a number of different types of extracts, a box of baking soda, and baking powder, all covered in dust. These items she placed in the pack. There was a box of powdered sugar that rats or mice had chewed through, some of the contents had spilled out and little creature footprints could be seen. She dug around farther back, but even the flour bag had been torn open by rodents. She figured that Maryanne wouldn’t need those contents when they had found so much more sanitary food, so she left it. With the flashlight, she could see that the shelf was littered with rodent droppings too. But behind all the contaminated food stuff were several big cans. She pulled them out and was delighted to find two cans of peach-pie filling, two of apple-pie filling, and one of pumpkin.

The bottom shelf held unopened glass bottles of club soda. These she kept. A thorough search of the rest of the kitchen turned up another box of pseudocheese crackers, a bag of beef jerky, a half-pound of coffee grounds, a quarter-bottle of dish soap, and almost half a small liter jug of bleach. This was more like the hauls she was accustomed to finding on the runs, minus the stash of alcohol.

Amanda figured that at some point, the man must have had a wife or significant other that had liked to bake, but judging by the layer of dust over the items, that had been a while back.

“Not much here,” Sam said, sounding disappointed.

“I told you that we don’t normally find so much food in one house,” Amanda said, allowing Sam to get the door for her again.

It was easy to stuff the items that she had just returned with into the small nooks and crannies of the extra cab.

“Now, can we go?” Sam asked impatiently.

“Not yet. A man his age must have a stash of pills upstairs,” Amanda said. “We’ll check the upstairs and then the garage before we leave to go get your truck.”

“Fine,” Sam said, issuing an eye roll to show her displeasure.

In the living room, Amanda found a prescription bottle of pain pills, half full. She stuffed the bottle in her pocket knowing that Maryanne would be pleased with the find. The remainder of the room was messy, dusty, and musty, making both of them sneeze. The open window was bringing in bursts of air that stirred the dust up and didn’t help with the air quality.

The stairs seemed to make the same creaking noises as the previous house, and like the other house, the temperature escalated as they climbed.

“Yuck, what’s that smell?” Sam said, putting an arm up to block her nose.

“I imagine that it’s cat feces and urine,” Amanda said, finding the smell as equally repulsive as that of a dead body or two.

Upon the landing, looking down the hallway, they could see that the carpet was stained with urine spots.

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