Zompocalypse Omnibus Edition (Books 1-5) by Neighbors Toby

Author:Neighbors, Toby [Neighbors, Toby]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Zombies
Publisher: Mythic Adventure Publishing
Published: 2015-03-20T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

“The partners are meeting in a few hours,” Ruth muttered. “I want to wow them with this decision.”

She was talking to herself and walking all alone down the once-manicured lawns of the large homes that fronted the beach. The grass that remained after a year without daily watering and regular fertilizing was dull brown and patchy. Weeds grew thick in some yards; others were mostly sand. Ruth took no notice of her surroundings, or of the fact that she had left Payton far behind at some point. In her mind, she was in court surrounded by young associates and getting ready for the final arguments of a trial that had never taken place.

“No,” she said in a haughty tone to an imaginary associate. “We won’t stoop to their level. We’ll win this case with sound legal reasoning. Not parlor tricks, Mister Duvall. We’re better than that.”

Before the plague, she had been a lawyer with Dietrich, Hamilton, and Browne. Her specialty was insurance law, which required skills in research, negotiation, and litigation. She had to be ready to take any claim to court, but she also needed the savvy to negotiate the very best deals she could possibly get if her clients were willing to settle out of court. Before the world had come to a grinding halt, she had been preparing for a trial against Confederated Health, a major insurance provider. Even though Future Tech, Inc. had paid a large premium for their corporate health group plan, Confederate Health had failed to provide coverage for the employees.

Ruth saw the bailiff walk in. She heard the call for everyone to rise. Over the past two days, she had walked without stopping or eating, all the while arguing her case, dealing with associates, and navigating the office politics she had been immersed in before the plague. And even though her conscious mind was far away from the heat and dangers of south Florida, she managed to avoid the zombies who sometimes lurched toward her, although many of the wretched creatures ignored her completely. Had she been aware of the strange behavior she might have wondered at it, but perhaps it was the fact that she was completely out of touch with reality that she didn’t attract their ravenous hunger.

“Your honor, we have proven our case with irrefutable evidence, but the most damning proof is sitting before you today. Consolidated Health would rather spend thousands of dollars and waste the court’s valuable time arguing against the employees of Future Tech, rather than fulfill their pledge and provide the insurance they promised.”

Her voice was low, little more than a whisper after days of arguing her case without a break, but Ruth didn’t notice that. In her mind, she was strong and her voice rang with courage and righteous indignation. Her feet were so blistered, and the dehydrated muscles of her legs so cramped that she limped along in a fashion not unlike the zombies who were milling around her in increasing numbers.

She didn’t

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