The Rising Dead by Devan Sagliani

Author:Devan Sagliani
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2012-10-08T23:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIXTEEN

By the time they got back to Travis's apartment, Gemma was begging Travis not to leave her alone. More than anything she wanted to take a shower to rinse away the horrors she had just witnessed, but was terrified that when she came out he would be gone - even though it was his place. She couldn't handle being by herself--not after watching one of her closest friends turn into a monster out of her worst nightmare, then get shot to death. Travis tried not to show how relieved he was that she didn't want her space. He promised he wasn't going anywhere, and then plopped down on his bed.

Putting his hand under his pillow he felt something sharp. Then he remembered his secret stash. He'd left without cleaning it up! How could he have known she'd be coming back with him? He quickly sat up and pulled the photos out from under the pillow. He gathered them all up and crammed them in the top drawer of his desk, covering them with papers.

You better pray she doesn't have a reason to go through that drawer, he thought. There's no way to explain why you have all these photos of her.

Travis plopped back down on the bed, his heart beating out of his chest. He tried to think of anything else he might need to hide from her before she finished cleaning up. She wouldn't be going through his laptop but he dragged it out from under his mattress and popped it open just in case. Gemma was his desktop background.

Shit, he thought. Better sage the fuck out of this room fast!

Travis set to work cleaning his files up and tidying up the room, making sure he didn't leave an inch unchecked just in case he'd left something she might recognize.

The minute she leaves I'm burning my stash, he promised himself. He meant it too. Something inside him told him he wouldn't need it anymore. He'd finally gotten the real thing.

Gemma locked herself in the bathroom, removed her clothes and turned on the water. She tried not to think of her now-deceased friend. Her head ached at the thought of what had happened and she forced it from her mind.

Shivering from nerves she stepped into the warm shower. It felt good on her skin. She tried to focus only on that, praying she could forget if she just stayed in the moment. If she didn't focus on anything else, the sick feeling at the core of her seemed to fade.

It’s over, she told herself as calmly as she could. Things will go back to normal now. Somehow, they will. In time, I’ll learn to make peace with it all.

She'd have to go to the funeral. She'd have to face Candy's parents, her sister, her old friends. What was she going to tell them? That she took her to the hospital after letting her get do drugs and leave with a stranger to get raped? That she took her to

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