Parker: The Story of an Apocalypse Survivor (Complete Series) by Ben Stevens

Author:Ben Stevens
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: Horror, Apocalypse
Publisher: Nanbanjin
Published: 2013-12-17T11:00:00+00:00

Some days passed. Parker got himself a new outfit from another clothing store with the by-now familiar, long-since smashed windows. Slept fitfully, wherever he deemed to be safest. But nowhere was completely safe; he knew this already. The weather still warm, the sky mostly blue...

...Parker now found himself walking along a long road that had the ocean gently lapping on one side. A beach of golden sand. Parker wanted to swim in the blue, sun-sparkling water but figured this might leave him vulnerable in case a bunch of things – or hogs – should suddenly show themselves.

Parker thought he was sort of heading in the right direction. That is, that he’d now turned tail and so was finally starting on the long, long journey back to his tiny home town and –

Carrie?

But he couldn’t quite be certain. Needed to check a map. Parker took notice of the beachfront property on the side of the road opposite from the beach. Towering, luxurious apartment blocks. All gleaming white, palm trees outside. No doubt any one of these beachfront apartments had cost more than Parker would have earned in a lifetime.

Parker figured he’d probably find some kind of map-book in one of these apartments. Either way he was tired and wanted to rest somewhere high up and luxurious. Maybe there’d be a bottle of wine in one of those apartments and he could enjoy a glass while staring down at the ocean...

He walked towards the spacious lobby. Huge glass doors smashed. (No surprise there, he thought.) Inside were marbled walls and floor, two small dead palm trees either side of two elevators. An empty reception desk made from some dark and expensive wood, gold lettering on the front of it giving the name of this building – Ocean Heights.

‘That’s original,’ muttered Parker dryly.

On one side of the elevators was a door marked Fire Escape. Parker opened it and began ascending the flights of stairs leading upwards. There were twenty-one floors, and he was soon out of breath. But still, he was determined to reach the top. The penthouse suite.

Finally he was there. Opened the door at the top of the stairs and exited into a small, thickly carpeted lobby with a window. There was the ocean, far below him. And the door of the penthouse apartment was ajar.

Parker entered. There was the familiar, sickly-sweet smell and Parker almost made to leave before a curious expression crossed his face. For some reason suddenly appearing almost as though memorized, Parker walked along the hallway of the sumptuous apartment.

Various doors half-open either side. The sickly-sweet smell seemed to emanate most strongly from one in particular. Parker walked past it without hesitating. Into a large, dining-area-cum-living-room, with wall-to-ceiling windows giving a multi-million dollar view of the ocean and the city. A massive widescreen television, biggest Parker had ever seen. A glass-topped coffee table and various statues positioned on wall-shelves and such.

In fact, collecting statues appeared to have been something of a hobby for whoever had lived here.

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