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"Okay I can do that But we should leave Jack in the truck He’s really groggy," Jenni answered She looked frail in her pink nightgown and robe and bare feet

"Agreed Now listen, again, carefully, we don’t take any risks We don’t shoot anything unless we have to That box at your feet-those are the only shotgun shells we have"

"Oh," Jenni answered and frowned "We need more"

"I know, but a convenience store is not really the place to find the, okay?"

"Gotcha, "Jenni answered and slid out of the truck

Leaping out of the truck, Katie quickly slid her small wallet out of her trouser pocket In this lad she despised purses, otherwise the wallet would have been far away in her old car Swiping the card, she watched the digital display anxiously

It flashed "Authorizing" over and over again

"You have to co out there," a disembodied voice said

Both Katie and Jenni started at the sound of a young un ready

"You have to come in and swipe the card," the voice persisted

Katie realized the speaker on a colu For aThe world was falling apart, Lydia was dead, and soas station?

"I’ll be right in," Katie answered and looked at Jenni "He mustn’t know"

Jenni just blinked at her

Mystified, Katie strode swiftly across the parking lot and into the convenience store The dimly lit interior threw off her vision for abehind the counter beside a very short Hispanic girl

"The reader outside broke and we have to swipe inside," the boy explained again

"You don’t know, do you?" Katie arched an eyebrow and the boy looked at her warily

Suddenly the Hispanic girl gasped and backed away from the counter

Katie ducked froun

"Look, please don’t hold us up! We don’t have that e

"We’re not holding you up You really don’t knohat is going on, do you?" Katie walked swiftly to the counter, still clutching her credit card

"Uh, no" The boy was trying to look calirl behind hiht that Katie could see blood pooling under nails

"The city has gone insane It’s burning! People are dead and…and…"

Should she tell hi everyone?

"Zohed, rolled her eyes and exhaled slowly "What she said"

"Yeah, right," the boy said sarcastically

"I don’t know if they are really zo on that has people attacking other people like maniacs," Katie explained

"Kinda like you two?"

"No With their bare hands" Katie watched the look of disbelief on the boy’s face grow deeper "Look, swipe et the fuck out of here"

The boy frowned "You’re really not good with this holding up stuff, are you? You’re not supposed to pay"

"Just swipe the gawddamn card already!" Katie waved it in his face

"We really should get lots of food And soas canisters," Jenni said behind her

The boy swiped the card and looked at theuys are on the run, aren’t you?"

"Yes, like I told you The city has gone insane-"

"With zombies," Jenni added helpfully