S.W. Tanpepper's GAMELAND: Season Two Omnibus (Episodes 9-11) by Tanpepper Saul

Author:Tanpepper, Saul
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, cyberpunk, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, urban thriller, suspense, zombie, undead, the walking dead, government conspiracy, epidemic, literary collection, box set, omnibus, jessie's game, signs of life, a dark and sure descent, dead reckoning, long island, computer hacking, computer gaming, virutal reality, virus, rabies, contagion, disease
Publisher: Saul Tanpepper
Published: 2015-01-24T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTY NINE

“He’s lying.”

Lyssa glared at her husband. She was shaking so badly that she could barely stand. She slumped into a chair in their kitchen and set her hands on the table. But even that didn’t seem stable enough to hold her.

This is what it feels like to lose control. This is what it would be like to melt down.

Ramon was pacing, muttering beneath his breath.

“The goddamn coward is lying through his teeth. Did he think we wouldn’t know it was him?”

“He said it wasn’t.”

“And you believe him?” Ramon shrieked. There was a madness in his eyes, an insanity that scared Lyssa. “After what he did to Cassie’s rabbit? He fucking murdered it!”

“Ramon! Shh!”

There was a sound from the second floor. Cassie was awake.

Ramon straightened up, but his gaze never left hers.

“I told Cassie yesterday that we wouldn’t leave yet,” Lyssa told him. “But now I think we should try again. Please. I keep getting the feeling that something bad is about to happen.”

“You want to leave now? With that . . . that nutcase over there killing animals and throwing them into our yard? I’m calling the police!”

“But you attacked him!”

“I did no such thing. I threw the raccoon onto the floor.”

“I don’t think that’s going to matter.”

A siren rose in the distance, and they both immediately quieted. It continued to grow louder.

“Good,” Ramon said. Standing tall and straightening his shirt, he repeated himself. “I hope he did call them. When they hear what he did . . . .”

He walked over to the window and looked out, even though it was impossible to see much of anything from this angle.

But the siren was drawing away from them now. They listened to it fade into the distance.

After a few minutes, Lyssa tried to stand, but her feet kept tangling in the chair legs. She pushed back and the chair tipped and fell to the floor with a clatter. She still couldn’t seem to extract herself from it. It was trapping her against the table, holding her there. With a whimper of frustration, she kicked it away.

But not even that caused Ramon to turn and face her.

“I’m going to check on Cassie,” she said.

“Good.”

“I’m going to tell her that we’re leaving.”

She hesitated a moment, waiting for him to say something, anything, but he didn’t. She wasn’t even sure he’d heard her.

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