Slow Burn: Box Set 1-3 by Bobby Adair

Author:Bobby Adair [Adair, Bobby]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bobby Adair
Published: 2014-07-30T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

It was after four o’clock. I was in the upstairs office since it had a window that opened to the front of the house and one that opened to the back. I sat at the desk, which, unfortunately looked out the back window and onto the grotesque heap of the dead. Russell squatted on the floor beside me. His inexplicable need to stay by me was starting to creep me out.

Murphy was leaning on the window sill in the office, staring at the vastness of the fire’s destruction. Mandi was in the bathroom downstairs, using the water out of the toilet’s tank to wash all of the crap off of her skin from her time in the bottom of the bunker.

Murphy said, “I think we should stay here tonight.”

“It’s as good a place as any, I guess,” I answered.

“But before it gets dark, let’s go through some of these other houses and see if there are any goodies.”

“Like what?”

Murphy asked, “What do you mean, like what? I don’t know. You got a hatchet and a machete earlier. That’s good stuff.”

“Murphy, we’ve got everything we need for the moment. There’s plenty of food downstairs to last us for three or four days. We’ve got nearly as much ammo as we can carry.”

“You’re not thinking ahead, Zed.”

That rubbed me the wrong way, but I put a thin veneer on my irritation and said, “Murphy, I’m fuckin’ tired. My head is still pounding from when I got blown up by the grenade.”

Murphy laughed, “Don’t be such a drama queen, Zed. If you’re a pussy with a headache, just say, ‘I’m a pussy with a headache,’ and we’ll leave it at that.”

“Fine. Let me check my phone, and then I’ll go with you. But just a few houses, okay? I want to be back before it gets dark.”

“Fine by me. I’ll go check on Mandi.” Murphy left the office and tromped down the stairs.

I turned on my phone and saw that I had messages. I checked Steph first.

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