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Her zoht She was a bad mother Incompetent

Stupid

Katie continued to stroke her hair while trying to keep her eyes on the winding road "It’s okay It’s okay This whole day is fucked up It’s confusing

It’s okay"

Jenni felt tears rolling down her cheeks "I just…forgot him He just caotten him, should I?"

Katie slowly pulled the truck over and drew Jenni tight into her ar "It’s okay Cal to her desperately and whispered, "I try so hard"

"It’s okay It’s okay Maybe he got out of the house," Katie said softly

"He wasn’t in the house! He’s here! Here!" Jenni drew back and grabbed up the map and pointed at the national park "He’s here! Safe With his science class! The zombies can’t be out there! He’s safe and he needs ot about him!"

"Okay, okay Jenni, listen towhined a little and licked Jenni’s face trying to soothe her

Jenni tried to concentrate on Katie’s face and voice It was so hard All she could hear was her husband’s voice berating her for being such a stupid whore and a terribleabout it is awful We’re both in shock We’re both scared out of our ht and that’s okay We just need to survive right now We just need to et our heads together and start to figure out exactly e are going to do But for noe live in this moment and make our way to the next"

Jenni sniffled and nodded "What about Jason? I just can’t leave hireat failure He was all that remained Maybe he wasn’t her son by blood, but she was obligated to take care of hi et him

Maybe even stay there if it’s clear of the infestation Honestly, we need to stay away from any area with tooon" Katie faltered for aon"

"Zombies," Jenni reminded her helpfully

Katie ran a hand over her blond hair "Okay, zombies, but why? How?

This shouldn’t be possible, but I’ht and the bite is how it spreads, then keeping away from major populated areas is our best bet Less chance of infection So going and finding your stepson and seeing what the situation is out at the park may be our best option for now"

Jenni threw her arht "Thank you, thank you I have to make it up to him!"

And she did She had to let Jason know that she loved hiood mother to him She would learn to do better and be better

That was all there was to it

Katie drew back, squeezed her hand tightly and gave her a soft smile

"We’ll be okay It will be okay We just need to keep it together Okay?"

Jenni nodded, relieved Katie was right They had to keep it together

And survive And go get Jason She wrapped her arainst her body And they had to take care of Jack and each other

Satisfied that Jenni was calears and the white truck started down the road once ht noe can’t fall apart, okay? When we find a safe place, we can both mourn Where we can both…deal" Katie looked at her and smiled softly

Jenni nodded fir"

"Good," Katie relaxed a little and returned her gaze to the road

Jenni shuffled the dog and the map and settled down once more She had a job to do and she had to do it well It was obvious to her now that Katie was sent to her Katie was strong and she was going to get theh this

It would be okay

"What the hell," Katie murmured

The truck slowed down and Jenni looked up to see a convoy of ar their way The first few passed theed down by a solider in the passenger seat

Jenni felt a flutter of excitement Maybe this is how they would find safety The army would save them and take the and capable with their large weapons and thick armor

A tall black et out

Katie didn’t look very happy and turned to Jack "Stay down, boy Don’t bark Be calaze followed her ot down

"If they work anything like cops, they’ll shoot him if they feel threatened," Katie told Jenni

"They wouldn’t!"