Surviving in the Time of Zombies by Jeffrey Littorno

Author:Jeffrey Littorno [Littorno, Jeffrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
ISBN: 1500943878
Published: 2014-09-13T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 2

Glen watched his rear view mirror for several blocks certain that at any moment he would see flashing red lights. None appeared, and soon he was parked in front of his house. The gray with dark blue trim, two-story Cape Cod style house had been Glen and Christine’s home for nearly six years.

He sat in the car watching the house that had light in every window. He was confused by his whereabouts for the last eight hours, so how could he expect Christine to understand. Glen was trying to come up with a plausible explanation

when he saw his wife look out the window. He

was getting out of the car as the front door of the house opened. Christine rushed out toward him.

From other expatriates teaching in South Korea, Glen had heard plenty of stories about Korean families forbidding daughters to date, let alone marry, foreigners. Fortunately, the marriage had come without any such objections. In fact, Glen liked to think that Christine’s family truly liked him. He was sure that marrying Christine was one of the best things he had done in his life. As she hurried out the door to his car with her long black hair in a ponytail poking out from under her pink baseball hat, Glen knew that he loved her.

“I’m sorry!” was the first thing out of Glen’s mouth. Christine was in a gray San Francisco Giants t-shirt and faded red sweatpants. She paused just a moment to look at her husband and then hugged him tightly.

“I was so frightening,” she cried into Glen’s shoulder. “I was so frightening.”

Glen fought the reflex to correct her grammar and just held her.

After a few moments, she suddenly pushed away and punched him on the arm. “I was so scared. Where were you?” She hugged him again.

“Let’s go in the house.” Glen practically carried his wife into their house as she seemed unwilling to give up her embrace.

Once the two had gotten settled in their living room on the light blue couch that was flanked on either side by dark blue recliners, Glen tried to find words to explain what he had been doing for

the past eight hours.

“Okay, I know this is going to sound kind of weird,” the usually concise English teacher began. “But I’m not sure exactly what happened tonight.”

Christine’s face was a combination of confusion, concern, and frustration.

Before she could say anything, Glen continued, “I remember working in my classroom when Jim came in at about three-thirty. I went out to my car and got in and… then I don’t know… I was in my car in the school parking lot… the police came … I really can’t remember. Maybe I just fell asleep, but it doesn’t feel like that.”

Christine’s face was still a combination of confusion, concern, and frustration, but now concern was the prevailing emotion. She placed her hand on her husband’s forehead as if to check for a fever. The act made both of them smile and helped ease emotions.

“Let’s get some sleep,” Glen suggested.

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