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Katie was following the road around the school and the truck swiftly approached a knot of cars crashed into each other They had to do a half loop to get around the school and this kept the mob To the other side of the road there was faronna cut us off!" Jenni was horrified at how shrill and terrified she sounded But then again, she was terrified

The first of the zombies scrambled past the crashed cars and onto the road a head of thee the truck

"We’re h

"Chewy center is what it’s all about," Katie said glooh the first zo out of the fence It was starting to get hairy The truck barreled through them and Katie saw another turn in the road Andfrom that direction Another part of the fence was down due to so into it

"Damn stupid people!" Katie sla the road People had obviously abandoned them in haste and had probably run for the school Now they were probably running for the truck To their right was the fence, to their left a slight shoulder and an eo," Jenni shouted

The zoainst theher foot hard down the accelerator, looking very satisfied as the truck bounced over a few zombie bodies She aimed the truck for the narrow path to the side of the blockade of cars

"We h the field," Jenni said urgently She glanced at the zo on her"Before they break in!"

Katie didn’t say a word, but expertly dodged one crashed car and started the truck down the embankment The vehicle tilted scarily to one side and Jenni found herself clinging to the door to keep fro into Katie So on the s

The truck hit the field and the wheels plowed through the sun-hardened earth Luckily, it was just a field of wild flowers and the truck was a 4X4 The zoes of the truck bed In theinto the field

Katie aimed the truck for the road on the other side of the field "How are we doing?"

"We got stoays and lotsto catch up

There was a treled up the embankment and back onto the road Jenni looked back to see two zo off the back of the truck and onto the road as they lost their grip The last one hadtoward the backJack was barking wildly at this point

"Slam on the brakes!"

Katie obeyed i forward and hit the back of the cab It fell back into the bed out of sight

Jenni flung the door open, slipped out, and held her gun up

The zorabbed hold of the side of the truck and hauled itself up It found itself looking straight into Jenni’s deteraze

"Pop," Jenni said, fired, and the zombie’s head did pop like an enor to keep Jack fro out

Jenni could see the two zo fast Not far behind them an enormous crowd of the undead students, parents and teachers fro into the cab, she slammed the door shut and Jack licked her face with relief

Katie drove on at top speed, her gaze flicking toward the gas gauge

"How far?"

"An hour, but just back roads froet the ht way

"But we have the interstate to worry about…"

"He’s alive, Katie Jason is alive I know it And if there are zoround"

Katie nodded "I know, hon I know We’re close We’re going to get him"

Jenni nodded back "We have to," Jenni said softly She did not add that she needed to save him to make up for her failures as a mother Katie wouldn’t understand

"We will save him," Katie assured her "We will"

Jenni believed her

Chapter 6

1 Frayed Edges

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