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"I want to kill her"

"Then do it," Travis said

Jenni stood up slowly and Travis wordlessly handed her the e, Jenni looked down at the bloodied, upturned face and all that daers slip under her coat and grab her belt to hold her steady She cast a grateful look over her shoulder at Travis and lifted the spear Her gaze narrowed on the wolassy, blank eyes So much like Lloyd’s when he had looked up at her as he had stuffed more of Benji’s tender baby flesh into his mouth

Jenni let out a hiss between her teeth and slammed the tip of the spear, which was the trowel, down hard into the wo way, the eye slicing apart like a boiled egg and shoved it down as hard as she could She felt things giving way, scraping, ain Alain until the female zombie slid down the side of the truck and lay still

Jenni took great breaths of the rank, cool air and slowly handed over the spear Travis took it and reached out and gently touched her shoulder

"Better?"

"No Not really But it felt good" Jenni gave hiirl in a strange, strange world," Travis decided and gave her a gentle hug

Jenni nestled into his arms and smiled to herself She then slipped away fro zombie try to walk over his dead comrades to thehed and it was a wonderful sound to her ears

4 Breathing Space

Katie stirred only once during the night It hen Jenni had finally coo to bed and had leaned over and kissed her forehead tenderly Katie had sleepily opened her eyes to see Jenni lying down on her own cot and had reached out to take her hand She had fallen back to sleep, Jenni’s fingers intertwined with hers

In theand Jason sneaking out the door with Jack on his heels She could s and pulled on her socks and boots i down the narrow staircase, she found her way to the coathered for coffee and a breakfast of what had been left over fro a Danish, half of a club sandwich, and a hot cup of coffee, Katie found a corner and sat down to enjoy her meal The townies weren’t as open to her as the construction crew The townspeople looked at her curiously, but seem locked in their oorlds Of course, this was their town and it was now dead They were probably in shock, inthe blond in the cae pants and black tank top

Jason joined her at the table, Jack hot on his heals with his ears perked and looking at the boy anxiously for any scraps The teenager see and Katie didn’t bla safe,on the run, living on the edge of death, was nu compared to a quiet moment to actually reflect on all they had endured and lost

"Mo his use of the word "mom" "Yeah, she seeuy," Jason saidand faltered Of course he was upset Jason’s dad was dead and already his step mom seemed to have her eyes on anotherit was close to being stale

Jason sighed and gave the dog a few bits of cold chicken, which were ied

"Yeah," Katie said Not sure really what she was agreeing to, but Jason nodded back at her and set about eating

"It would be different if it was you," he said softly, so no one else could hear "At least you wouldn’t be replacing Dad"

Katie reached across the table and touched his cheek "Jason, I think Jenni is just dealing with things the best way she can I don’t think you have to worry about anyone replacing your father right now"

Turning his face away, he shrugged "Whatever"

She sighed softly and returned to eating Jason didn’t see, patted Jack on the head, and headed downstairs

When she stepped out into the fresh, cool air, she saw that the construction of the as complete Made of concrete and at least two feet thick, the wall stood sturdy and defiant about five feet from the perimeter of the hurricane fence It was, at the very least, ten feet high She stared over the top of it at the buildings surrounding their little fort There was no way to be sure, but it looked likebefore all of this went down, except for the Dollar Store across the street

Hands on hips, she surveyed the interior of the little fort and noted a fairly clear path along the edges, except for where soer machinery was clustered in a corner She had noticed the day before that the bulldozers and heavy equipaze up to the enor with the faded Coca Cola advertiseoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>