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"Ready?"

"Sure," Curtis said softly

Jenni lifted the rifle and sighted thezombie It was a fully intacttoward the next one as she heard Curtis firing as well A faceless wo to head off the porch The bullet Jenni fired slah the woman’s forehead and sheered off the top of her head Curtis was firing next to her, his shots a little too wild as his nerves got the best of hi, but continued to craard theer closed on the trigger again and another zo out of its head onto the sidewalk

Curtis took a deep breath, steadied his hands, and fired quickly This time his aim was more sure and Jenni was relieved as his shots found their proper targets and the zombies fell

"Watch out! Behind you!"

Jenni whirled around to see an old wo toward her To her a cat

The cat had been syste the woman’s arled She al, but instead took aim and took out the dead cat lady It dropped to the street, still twitching, the cat squealing and trying to get free Jenni walked over and leaned down As she pried the old woave her a feith its claws, but ers finally released the angry feline and it rushed off with an angry little house cat roar

"Now that was fucked up," Jenni said to Curtis with a grin Her expression grew griirl was first, followed by a irl in his ar boy followed his

"Thank God! Thank God," thesoo!"

The mother stuht

"My wife and daughter need immediate medical attention," the hed

"When were they bitten?" Jenni asked

"What?" The ister her words "What?"

"When were they bitten," Curtis asked "They aren’t doing too well We can tell they were bitten"

"Yesterday The front door was broke into and two got into the house

Daddy killed theie before we stop them But it’s just small bites It was a little kid who ju hter said

Curtis sighed softly and Jenni looked down at her boots for a h," she said finally "And they are both as good as dead We can’t take them with us"

"What do you mean? You can’t leave them here!" The man’s face flushed red and fierce "They need a doctor!"

"There are no doctors alive in this town," Curtis said softly "And there is no cure for the bite They’re as good as dead and we can’t take theerous for all of us"

The little boy began to cry and cling to his mother She looked down at him sadly Her eyes were sunken and her cheeks hollow Her color was very bad and Jenni was sure she didn’t havehis ailing youngster in his arms

"We just can’t leave them behind," he protested

"You have to if you want to come with us We have a safe place wereIf you want to come and be with us you will have to leave them behind," Curtis said in his best police officer "everyone stay calht, but it seeue

"Let’s go," she said sier looked at her father desperately "Daddy? We can’t stay here"

The Father was holding tightly to his youngest and backing toward his wife "We’re not leaving"

"Yes, you are," his wife said fir inside ofto die here and I will be one of those things Give las turned and looked at his ith a desperate expression on his face "Catherine, I’le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>