Contamination Book Zero by T.W. Piperbrook

Author:T.W. Piperbrook
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-05-11T16:00:00+00:00

12

“I don’t want to go back home,” Quinn whispered.

Howard looked at her, but his eyes seemed distant. He was holding his gun in one hand and a cellphone in the other. He kept checking the phone, as if expecting someone to call. His arms were crooked upwards, and his muscles bulged underneath his shirt.

Quinn had always looked up to him. Whenever he visited, he was especially nice. On her last birthday, he had even brought her a stack of books to read—introducing her to some of the classics that he had enjoyed as a child. Now, everything seemed different. Howard seemed different.

“We have to go back,” he said. “Your father is there.”

But her mother was too. A pang of fear went through her stomach as she pictured her mother shoving her into the bedroom, knife in hand.

“Are my mom and dad okay?”

Howard looked at the phone again, typing on the keypad.

“Sure, Quinn. They’re both fine. I’m going to take you home to them.”

He kept his eyes on the cellphone, but she saw him watching her out of the corner of his eye. He wasn’t telling the truth. She could sense it. But why would he lie? What would he say when they got to her house and the truth was right there in front of them?

She pictured Sheriff Turner’s body in the living room, bloated and bleeding. She didn’t know much about gunshot wounds, but Howard hadn’t even checked for a pulse—he’d just left the man on the floor. It was as if he wasn’t even concerned about him. Or maybe he knew something she didn’t. She watched him type away on the cellphone. Who was he talking to? And why were they standing here?

Howard finished his message. A few seconds later, the phone vibrated.

Quinn moved closer to the officer. In the dark, she could almost make out the incoming text message. She forced herself to cry again, inching towards him.

“It’s okay,” he said, but he made no physical effort to console her.

She was standing next to him now; her eyes were level with the phone. The screen glowed yellow. She shuddered when she read the words.

Every last one must go.

Quinn ran.

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