Flowers vs. Zombies (Book 4): Exigency by Perrin Briar

Author:Perrin Briar [Briar, Perrin]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Zombies
Published: 2017-10-02T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

“I DON’T think Rupert could have taken the food and medicine,” Bill said to Liz as she finished up preparing dinner.

“And why’s that?” Liz said.

“Because I saw he was carrying a gun earlier, and he gave it to me,” Bill said.

“A gun?” Liz said. “Where did he get that?”

“He said he found it,” Bill said.

He shrugged.

“Who cares?” he said. “The point is, he wasn’t about to use it against us. He gave it to me, and I didn’t even have to ask him for it! That’s got to mean something, hasn’t it?”

“Like what?” Liz said.

“Like, we can trust him, for one,” Bill said.

“I don’t know how you draw that conclusion,” Liz said. “I don’t see how this changes anything.”

“Don’t you understand the significance of this?” Bill said. “If someone gives you the weapon they could use to hold you hostage with, what makes you think he would steal a few items from our storage?”

“One does not excuse the other,” Liz said.

Bill gritted his teeth. He was beginning to lose patience.

“If we start blaming everyone who comes to join us, how long do you think they’re going to hang around?” Bill said. “I know I certainly wouldn’t if someone kept pointing the finger at me.”

“I understand you want them to stay,” Liz said. “But it can’t be at the cost of the safety of our family.”

Bill put his hands on his hips, shook his head, and shifted his weight from one foot to the other.

“Okay,” he said. “Fine. I’ll ask them about the missing items. But I’m telling you, there will be a perfectly reasonable explanation.”

“I hope so,” Liz said. “Really, I do. Don’t you think I want to trust them? I do. But I won’t do it at the expense of our family’s safety.”

Dinner began the same way it always did, with a sigh from Rupert, only today it didn’t have the same edge of disappointment. Maybe he really was getting used to eating rabbit food, Bill thought. The boys joined shortly after. There was one empty seat.

“Where’s Manuel?” Bill said.

“He’s running an errand for me,” Rupert said.

There was an edge of excitement in his voice, one that couldn’t be ignored.

A meaningful look from Liz, darted in Bill’s direction. Bill didn’t look at her. He didn’t need her to cloud his judgement. He focused on the task in hand, but to do it in a soft and gentle way.

“Let’s begin eating, shall we?” he said.

“By all means,” Rupert said.

How was Bill going to broach this subject without insulting Rupert? Bill ran a series of possibilities through his mind, but none of them ended with the conclusion he wanted. He decided he would just be direct. Rupert was in a good mood, and a little insult was unlikely to leave too much of a dent.

“I’m sorry to have to bring this up,” Bill said. “But it’s come to our attention that some of the food we have stored has gone missing. We’ve asked the kids, but none of them admit to taking it.

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