Twisted World: A Broken World Novel by Mary Kate L

Author:Mary,Kate L. [Mary,Kate L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-23T03:00:00+00:00

Meg’s sniffles were the first thing I heard as I approached the back room, and when I stopped outside the cracked door, everything inside me was at war. She was upset, struggling, and I wanted to go to her. If Patty were the one crying in the back room of some rundown bar, I’d want someone to be there for her.

Then again, getting involved with Meg would be the dumbest thing I could ever do. I was only here for a few more days, and the chemistry between us was getting out of hand. The last thing she needed was for me to make her life more complicated.

I started to turn away, but had only taken one step when my gut clenched. Shit. Turning my back on Meg after saving her in that bathroom just didn’t feel right.

I took a deep breath and pushed the door open, knowing that doing this was probably going to end up being something I would later come to regret.

The back room was dark, making the outline of the zombie cages just barely visible in the black shadows, but the stench of death left little to the imagination. She wasn’t in the holding room, so I moved farther into the darkness, toward the room with the cots. When I pushed the second door open, her sniffles got louder.

“Meg.” My voice seemed unnaturally loud in the small space, but when she turned to face me, she didn’t seem surprised that I was here.

“I’m sorry.” She sniffed again. “I like to think I’m stronger than this, but the truth is, I don’t think I’m handling this all that well.”

“You’re strong,” I said, closing the space between us so I was standing in front of her. “This is a shit show you didn’t see coming.”

When she looked up, a wisp of a smile was just visible through the darkness. “You say that a lot.”

“What?”

“Shit show.”

“Oh.”

Her smile faded, and she wiped her hands across her eyes as she let out a big sigh. “This whole thing just keeps getting worse and worse, and I’m not really sure where to go from here.”

“You just have to keep looking for clues.”

She nodded, but a second later shook her head. “It isn’t even that. Not totally. Jackson had me fooled. All these years I trusted him. Finding out that it has all been a lie has me questioning everything in my life. I always knew his dad didn’t give a shit about anything other than getting his hands on more power, but I never realized just how deep this all runs.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, if they really did have my uncle as a prisoner, I can’t help feeling like there’s more to what the CDC is doing than just finding a vaccine. I mean, if they were willing to do something as drastic as keep a man against his will for years, lying to his family and the whole world that entire time, there has to be something they’re not telling us.”

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