Raise the Stakes by Bones Monroe

Author:Bones Monroe
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-10-06T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

In another part of North Wellon, Ben was having his own issues.

He showed up to the interview a few minutes early and turned on his charm, making friends with the receptionist. She laughed at his corny jokes and he was feeling good about his prospects … until his interviewer appeared.

He seemed like a nice enough fellow, except for the zombie part. He had to have perished as a youth and violently at that. Half his jaw was missing, and he had large gashes on the left side of his face. Ben couldn’t stop staring at the wounds. They looked so fresh.

He tore his gaze away from the injuries and tried to maintain eye contact with the man. As the interview continued, Ben found himself in a vicious cycle. Either he was staring off into space while answering a question or he was staring at the injuries.

The interviewer noticed. “Is there something wrong, Mr. Coleman?” he asked. “Will this,” he pointed at his face, “cause a problem?”

“Uhhh no, not at all,” Ben said, embarrassment flaming across his cheeks. “I think it suits you well.” He looked around nervously.

“It suits me well does it?” the interviewer asked archly.

“No, that’s not how I meant it,” Ben said hurriedly. “I wasn’t prepared for such a young manager,” he said, backpedaling.

The manager asked a few cursory questions about Ben’s experience and why he was looking for a job.

“Layoffs,” Ben lied. “Company restructured and they cut my position.”

The manager nodded, his fleshy flaps wobbling in the air. A piece of skin flaked off and fell on his desk.

Ben stared at it. Dandruff? Can zombies have dandruff? No, this was part of his face. Part of his face is on his desk. Ben gagged but tried to hide it.

The manager noticed everything. It appeared that his mind was still sharp although it probably wouldn’t be in a few years unless he maintained a strict regimen of the ‘Fresh Brain Diet’ that was the all the rage in the zombie circles these days. The manager, Rob, bought the book and had finished it last night. He was a convert now. He truly thought the diet’s motto, ‘a brain a day keeps decay away’ was genius.

The problem was, how to get quality human brains on the regular? He would have to think about how to go about that without committing a crime. He had no time to waste, he could feel his faculties slipping with each additional day he was dead. Decay waits for no one. He had to get rid of this animate in front of him.

“I see. This has been a great interview, but I see we are out of time. We will contact you for the next steps, ok?” he stood and offered his hand to Ben.

Ben took it gingerly and shook the cool hand. It gave him the creeps. Ben glanced around nervously.

“Is something else wrong?” Rob asked.

“Do you have cameras here?” Ben asked abruptly.

Rob chuckled. “Why on Earth would we have cameras? No, I assure you, no one’s watching you.

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