Molly: Immersion (Zombie Instinct Book 2) by J.B. Havens

Author:J.B. Havens [Havens, J.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Muddy Boots Press
Published: 2018-06-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Tristen sat on one of the two beds, while Dalia was still asleep on the other. He’d been stumbling from one extreme to the other since he first saw the videos of zombies on social media. At first he’d thought it was just another internet prank or a bad batch of bath salts, the drug had infamously caused the users to have severe hallucinations. Often when high, they’d attacked and even bit those unfortunate enough to be around them. He’d thought the videos were funny. Until his Mom came home from work with a fever and a bleeding bite on her hand. The TV said not to go to the hospitals, that they were overwhelmed with patients.

So, she’d taken a couple of Tylenol and gone to lie down, asking him to come in with her.

“Tristen, I need you to listen to me, baby.” She held his hand with her good one, the blood seeping through the bandage on her other. “I don’t know if Daddy is coming home, or when. It’s up to you now. I think we both know what’s going to happen to me. You know where the pistol is?” Tears fell from her eyes in a constant stream. She wept silently, which scared him more than her words did. He’d never seen his mom cry before, not even when she broke her arm when they went skiing the previous winter.

“Yeah, Mom. I know where it is. Dad took me to the range a few times, he just hasn’t let me shoot yet.”

Reaching out, she stroked his cheek softly. “I love you, sweetie. I always will. Even…after.” He didn’t want to think about what after meant. “You have to take care of Dalia. Keep her safe and look after her for me. You’re so young to carry such a heavy burden. I’m so sorry, baby. My heart is breaking for you and your sister.”

“Mommy, please!” he begged, gripping her hand and feeling like when he was little and scared to sleep alone. He hadn’t called her ‘Mommy’ in years. “Mommy, don’t go, don’t leave us! I’m so scared.”

“Promise me you’ll keep her safe, Tristen. Promise me.” Her voice was getting softer as she grew weaker. The tight grip she had on his hand was slackening.

“I promise, Mommy. I’ll keep her safe from those monsters. No matter what.”

“That’s my brave boy. I’ve always known you could take on the world. I’m sorrier than I can say that you have to do that now. Tell Dalia that I love her with all my heart.” She choked and coughed, blood coming from the corner of her mouth. Her teeth were stained red with it, like the time Cody Johnson punched him on the playground and busted his lip open. He’d thought the bloody teeth looked cool then, it wasn’t so cool now. It was horrible. ”You stay strong, baby. For her and for me too. I want you to go, before it happens. I don’t want to hurt you.”

He’d knelt at his mother’s bedside, weeping like a baby against her hand, his tears soaking her skin.

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