The Seventh Day Box Set by Tara Brown

Author:Tara Brown [Brown, Tara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tara Brown
Published: 2019-11-03T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Driving down the hill in the dark, away from the mayor, who I have a hunch is a bad man, and the morons like Kelly and Lance, who were always up to no good, I should feel relief.

But I don't.

“Why do we have to go?” Joey asks again.

“We’ll come back. We just need to go to the city. Did you see the people leaving yesterday when the men from the city came?”

“No.” She huffs.

“Well, some families left. They were getting ahead of the crowd. We’re doing the same. We want to go to the safe city where there’s no biters and no undead. And there’s food and water and electricity. I heard they even have schools.”

“Schools,” Joey protests. It was the wrong thing to say to convince her.

“It’ll be better, Joey. You’ll see.” Julia helps me out. “We’ll find other kids and Furgus will have other dogs to hang with. It’ll be nice to have a real house and water and power. Maybe they even have iPads.”

“You think?” Joey’s eyes widen with that.

Kyle snickers at her. “Yeah. Maybe. And movies and TV and everything.” He’s not jovial, he’s faking it for Joey. When I reach for his hand, he doesn't take it. He hasn't kissed me or touched me at all. He’s hurt, as if I have something to do with how this is turning out.

Sometimes I blame myself.

There have been weak moments when I’ve wished Dad and Kyle had let me die.

My dad would’ve been the best thing for Joey. And he wouldn't have to leave her.

Furgus grunts and moves around the huge SUV we’re driving, whining and trying to get comfortable.

“Gus!” Joey shoves him so he stops trying to sit on her lap. “Lay down!” He whines more but he listens. Kyle drives fast, following Miles who has Jamie, Sasha, Lee, and Erin with him. Mr. Milson and Harold are behind us. All three SUVs are loaded with food and supplies and most of us are packing guns.

We’re leaving the mountain differently than we came up. I wouldn't even recognize us.

When we get onto the main road we take the winding highway back to the turnoff to Laurel, only we don't go left, home to Laurel.

I’ve never done this in my life, come down from the mountain and turned right, heading south. My chest aches almost as much as my palms do from gripping the sides of the seat so tightly. I can’t catch my breath and the Littles aren’t laughing or coloring. They’re not listening to music or smiling.

They’re staring in desperate sadness, anguish. Through their eyes I see it for the first time again, noticing the small details I have grown to miss. A ghost town. The town at the base of the mountain, a town we all knew well, is empty. Our community took food from here the first week, stealing from houses when we realized no one was coming back. All the small towns were cleaned out within a few weeks, and they had to drive all the way back to Laurel for supplies.

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