In Another Life by Browning Liesel

Author:Browning, Liesel [Browning, Liesel]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2017-01-04T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Johnny told Sadie he was gay when they first arrived in SC. “I never wanted Remy to know,” he admitted. “When we went down to the Peg together, we’d sometimes, you know, get some together, but when I went alone…”

With the whole marriage issue hanging over their heads, Johnny and Sadie attached themselves to each other. All things considered, it made perfect sense to Sadie. He was technically the only man she knew. And when she found out that Johnny and Hank liked spending time together…well, everything just seemed to fall into place. So Sadie and Johnny got married just a week after Amelia’s wedding.

Johnny and Sadie shared a bed, but rarely shared each other’s bodies. They slept together, in the Biblical sense, every once in a while, so that they felt they were putting in some effort to procreate. Sadie hadn’t had so much as a pregnancy scare, and she wasn’t all that concerned about it. There were no shortage of children running around SC, and she hoped the church would back off on all that.

Sadie hated going to church each week, a requirement for all SC residents. Do your job, live peacefully, go to church, make babies…it wasn’t a bad trade-off, Sadie knew, but she still hated it. It made her think of Glenn, with all the preaching about gratitude, all the preaching about looking to God for answers to the zombie problem. “We’re all doing our part to fight the good fight,” Pastor Steve said from the pulpit at some point every Sunday. “God is on our side.”

The two-hour service was a mixture of preaching from Pastor Steve and his cohorts, and community news and issues with members of the town council. Sadie’s friend Vanessa often stood at the front of the large church and led discussions on trash cleanup in the community, and the importance of conserving water. It made Sadie giggle to think of Vanessa, this pillar of the community, with her head buried in Sadie’s snatch.

Besides the two-hour service, community members were expected (though not officially required) to stick around for lunch and socializing in the church’s dining hall. Skipping this part every once in a while wasn’t considered a huge deal, but making a regular habit of it was noticed. Sadie and Johnny had it down to a science, skipping every couple of months, like clockwork.

Sadie was already looking forward to the next time she could safely skip the post-church lunch, but it wouldn’t be that day. She had a headache from too much moonshine the previous night as her alarm went off. Sadie pulled herself out of bed. Johnny wasn’t there; no doubt he’d stayed the night with Hank again.

Sadie pulled on her robe, a gift from Amelia when they were trying to pretend that things were still okay between them. It made her think of Amelia every time she slipped it on, but she couldn’t get rid of it. Besides, many things made her think of her ex-lover. There was no point in trying to avoid it.

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