The Adventures of Zombie Larry by Michele Bardsley

Author:Michele Bardsley
Language: spa
Format: mobi
Publisher: Michele Bardsley
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

“Who raised my girls?”

“Leticia and Ernest Mortimer,” said Jenny.

Larry frowned. He’d never heard of them.

“Is it really important to know how they got there?” asked Jenny. “You wanted to know what happened to ’em, and now you do. Bea’s an accountant and Cathy’s a doctor.”

Larry looked away, his eyes hot with tears. His daughters were alive, and apparently doing well. And what could he do? Show up and say, “Hey, I’m your dead father?”

“I’d like to see them,” he said. He just needed to make sure they were okay. “Can you find out about Ean Whittaker?”

Jenny nodded. While she worked, he ate one of the energy bars. It wasn’t too bad, but the chocolate bar was much better. He’d forgotten how great food could taste.

“Dead.”

Larry blinked. “What?”

Once again, she turned the computer around and handed it to Larry. On the screen was an article from the Tulsa Tribune. It was dated the same day he’d died.

Three men and two little girls had been in a car accident. Apparently the car had stalled on a train track and been broadsided. Only the girls had escaped unscathed.

“My daughters lived,” said Larry as he returned the laptop. “And Ean and his goons died.”

Maybe Lila had made a wish, after all. It would be just like her to plan ahead like that, and very much like her to give up her own life for their girls. He felt oddly at ends. The driving force behind his re-animation, and his own wish to live again, seemed to be moot.

“What now?” asked Jenny.

“I don’t know.” He unwrapped another chocolate bar. “I’ll go to Tulsa and see the girls, and then… well, I guess I could live in Broken Heart.”

“Your house is kinda falling down,” said Jenny. She chewed on her bottom lip. “They’re gonna want to test you and stuff.”

“Who?”

“Doctor Stan.”

Larry shrugged. “That’s okay. I don’t have anywhere else to go.”

“I won’t let them hurt you.”

He reached over and chucked her under the chin. “You’re a good kid, Jenny.”

“What-ev-er.” She rolled her eyes, but he could see that she was pleased by his compliment.

“I guess we don’t have to hide out then,” said Jenny. “I can take you home. Mom and Dad will help you.”

“Okay,” said Larry. He was still the guardian of the gem’s power even though he couldn’t wield it. He’d used his wish. But maybe it could be used to help Broken Heart and the people who lived here.

“C’mon,” said Jenny. She shut the laptop and shoved it into a backpack. Then she grabbed one of the lanterns. “If I’m not back for breakfast, Mom’ll flip her sh—er, stuff.”

“Flip her stuff?”

“Yeah,” she said, blushing. “It’s one of the crazy things us teens say.”

“Uh-huh.”

She scurried to the hole and made her way down the trunk. Then Larry followed, a little more sure-footed this time.

Jenny waited for him, and then turned to make her way through the woods toward her house on Sanderson Street. Larry paused and looked up into the night sky. In his pocket, the wishing stone pulsed warmly, just like a heartbeat.

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