Sadie Walker Is Stranded by Madeleine Roux

Author:Madeleine Roux [Roux, Madeleine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, General
ISBN: 9781429938426
Google: X3Hyy8zvQzcC
Amazon: 0312658915
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Published: 2012-01-29T16:00:00+00:00

ELEVEN

There was no flag-waving or confetti tossing when Whelan told his friends the news. In fact, the sight of me at Whelan’s side made the atmosphere positively chilly.

We’d left Andrea with the compass and a hastily scrawled map. If they followed the beach north and kept the water close, they could walk to the camp in less than a day. I wasn’t thrilled about the idea of leaving them to fend for themselves, but if they followed Whelan’s directions and stuck together, they stood a good chance of making the trip safely. We learned during The Outbreak that larger numbers of humans drew zombies, but traveling in a group was always better than going it alone.

Whelan and I took Shane and made it back to the camp in the canoe by midafternoon. Shane and I were both weak with hunger when we arrived and Whelan parked us in his cabin with two heaping bowls of oatmeal and a bottle of cranberry juice. Through the walls, I could hear the argument rage. From what I could glean, Nate and Banana were just fine with the merger but Danielle and someone called Stefano were not. Occasionally, Danielle and Stefano would break into rapid-fire Spanish and Whelan interjected sporadically until they switched back to English.

I finished eating and told Shane to stay in the cabin while I limped out to listen in on the argument. I saw no reason to hide. Hell, I was the cause of all this upheaval and I might as well be present to defend my actions. Danielle gave me a poisonous look as I joined them around the central fire pit. She stuck close to Stefano, her monster tits trying to wrestle out of her low-cut top.

There they stood—Danielle standing next to Stefano, rangy and dark, with big, long-lashed brown eyes and a square face. He and Danielle were about the same height, standing so close together their hips just barely touched. Two young girls were with Stefano, sitting in the sand and playing what looked like marbles with seashells, their dark heads cocked to the side as they listened in on the adults. They looked tan enough and pretty enough to be related to Stefano, blessed with the same big, expressive eyes. Whelan stood flanked by Nate and Banana, the whole group forming an uneven circle.

The talking ceased abruptly as I showed up. They stared, glaring as if a leper had wandered into their midst, dripping flesh and puss.

“You don’t have to listen to this,” Whelan said. He was going to shove me back into the cabin if I didn’t stick up for myself right then and there.

“Listen up,” I said. My voice was hoarse, quavering. I kept my eyes on Banana, knowing she wouldn’t give me the stink eye. “I know you’re not thrilled about us showing up like this and I can understand why. I just want you all to know that we’re grateful for the help and we’ll pull our weight. We didn’t mean to end up here.

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