Z Strain by SJ Morris

Author:SJ Morris [Morris, SJ]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Tozer Publishing
Published: 2016-10-31T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

I don’t know how long I was in there, but the water was really hot when I started and it was now like ice.

I heard a soft knock on the door and I said nothing. I just sat on the shower floor and let the water fall over my head. The knock came a little louder and like I child I yelled for whoever it was to go away.

They didn’t listen, because I heard the door open. The door to the shower opened a little. I looked up and it was Chris peeking his head in.

“What are you doing in here, Abby?”

“I’m thinking. Go away.”

“You have been in here thinking for a long time. Do you want to talk about anything?

“No.”

“The water must be cold by now. Come on out and get dried off.”He reached his hand in to turn the water off and felt how cold it was.“You’re going to get sick from this. The water is like ice. You don’t need to punish yourself, you know that right?”

“I don’t? Are you kidding me? Everything that happened in that room is my fault! Nicole is dead because of me! Cooper getting infected might not have been my fault but him being here and me not being able to do anything to help him certainly is! I had the chance to stop this eighteen years ago in Georgia and I failed. I failed that little boy and now he’s dead and everyone else that is walking around killing their loved ones is my fault because I failed! All of it, I could have prevented all of this and I didn’t. I didn’t try hard enough to stop it when I had the chance.”

My sudden burst of angry words took the rest of what little energy I had left. I let my head drop to my knees again in defeat; Defeat of my body not having enough energy and defeat from the virus taking over everything we used to know and love.

“Are you done?”

“I don’t have anything left, so yes. Just leave me alone. I don’t deserve comforting right now. I deserve nothing. Just leave me be.”

Chris stood there and stared at me for a few long moments and I thought he would leave.

Finally, though, he spoke up in a very quiet, calm voice.

“No. I will not. And no matter how much you beat yourself up about everything that’s happened, I will not let you believe this is your fault. You were taskedwith the impossible all those years ago in Georgia. This virus was created by people that didn’t want it to have a cure. They wanted it to destroy everything and it’s doing what it was created to do. That means men, women, children, and even babies have and are going to continue to die, Abby. We have to do what we can to help each other survive this. We may never find a cure and you have to know that. That is not a reason to give up and die willingly.

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