Anxiety: A Post-Apocalyptic Survival Thriller (The Agora Virus Book 2) by Jack Hunt

Author:Jack Hunt [Hunt, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Direct Response Publishing
Published: 2017-01-27T07:00:00+00:00

Thirteen

Sal stood at the top of the ladder hammering in another sign. He had put up four so far. The idea had come to him while he was rooting around in Frank’s shed.

“You really think that’s going to work?” Ella said cupping a hand over her eyes as she looked up.

“For the Guthries, no, but for others I think it’s a deterrent. It might make them think twice about boarding the island.”

“They won’t see it at night.”

He paused with a nail in his hand. “Right, I didn’t think about that. Has he got any luminous paint?”

“No.”

He groaned. “Well, it will have to do.”

In large letters of blue paint, he had created foreboding signs that said BIOHAZARD: There are infected people on this island and QUARANTINE: Some inhabitants of this island are infected.

He had one posted at the boat dock, and others nailed into trees on either side of the island. While Frank was on the mainland he had to do something, anything to keep his mind occupied. Everything inside of him wanted to head over to Grindstone and end the pitiful life of Butch Guthrie. The thought that he had laid his hands on his wife infuriated him. Though she said he hadn’t touched her sexually, he couldn’t help but wonder if she was telling the truth. Gloria had been known to keep things from him.

“Hey Ella, you want to pass me up another nail?”

“Sure,” she muttered and fished into a plastic bag full of them.

“You know lady stuff, right?”

Ella snorted. “Sal, my father already gave me the birds and bees talk.”

“Oh no, I didn’t mean that.” He rested his elbow on a rung of the ladder and gazed towards the house. “I meant, you would know if someone had, well… interfered with a woman, yes?”

Her brow knit together and he regretted asking. He felt like a fool.

“Who are you talking about?”

He hesitated for a second. “Gloria.”

“You want me to speak to her?”

“No. I just… well, would you?”

She smirked. “It’s not a problem.”

“Don’t say it was me that asked. Just after she told me about Butch hitting her, I can’t help think that he did something more, or maybe his brothers did. You know, with her being on this island all by herself and all.”

“No, I get it. I’ll bring it up when we talk about our usual, lady stuff,” she said before chuckling. He nodded and continued beating in the last nail. Once he was done, he made his way down and took a few steps back to see if it was crooked.

“What do you think?”

She shivered, mocking him. “It’s creepy alright. Let me guess, you used to do the decorations on Halloween.”

He laughed a little. “Ah, I just thought we should probably look at ways of keeping people off the island, preventing people from stealing the boat, and perhaps having up some kind of alarm system.”

“Beyond the security cameras?”

He hemmed and hawed. “Your father’s idea is okay but let’s face it, who is going to sit there and watch them day and night?”

“He would.

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