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A fe tires Another relieved voice rasped, "Oh,across the street Aht, Molly?

The wo the camera phone had rested her ar at her lap, but continued recording--that’s why the viewers knew she was doomed before she did While the woman held a nervous conversation with the driver, a cri across her abdomen Then a puckered hole for shot from behind by the world’s slowest bullet

Guts spilled out onto her lap, a tangle of wet sausages

The woman screamed

The clip cut to black

Aot his voiceto think of what to do next Then she went into the bathroom and threw up

6 Days, 6 Hours Until the Massacre at Ffirth Asylu up on his phone and by Monday night he wanted to throw the thing through a fuckingHe kne serious the fucking situation was, he could turn on a TV or look out his --his motel was down the block froh the door On a Monday

And oh, by the way, he wanted to say, he had been friends with David for ten years before A name John felt the loss in ways she couldn’t even conceive He didn’t need her calling him every five seconds to tell him to do, what, exactly?

John had promised hiht But by Monday evening he started to have that swiut and realized it was stupid to try to put hih rehab on a hen he needed to be 110 percent He’d stick to beer, though, that ot a twelve-pack and settled in for the night in thethe news carefully for updates

He’d call Amy tomorrow

From the Journal of Amy Sullivan

Tuesday 11/8:

Lines everywhere Lines at the stores, lines at the gas station Everyone is freaking out People are leaving town and heading north, new people are showing up froees The National Guard has extended the quarantine zone out five more miles from around [Undisclosed] Class cancelled I haven’t slept

No answer from John all day Tried to call Dr Marconi e

Wednesday 11/9:

Left John nine es Campus and the rest of town is now under a curfew I think they are going to co for us We SHOULD NOT STILL BE HERE

Decided I’uys who live off ca

Rumors from inside quarantine are crazy News has a rumor that the CDC had to pull all of their staff out of the hospital treatment facility Government denies it Hopefully David isn’t there either way

Thursday 11/10:

FINALLY talked to John in the PM Suddenly he’s all bluster, says if we don’t hear anything by SATURDAY NIGHT--one week after all this started--then he and I will go down to [Undisclosed] ourselves and break David out on Sunday Told him I didn’t need to break hietting calls on my cell from unlisted numbers I don’t answer them

Friday 11/11:

Got a call froovern for me

I called John Voice ain Broke my streak

Saturday 11/12:

Absolute information blackout from [Undisclosed] Nocrazy I can’t keep food down A week Where has David been sleeping that whole tiovernment FINALLY put up their Web site for families and friends of outbreak victiories--Quarantined, Status Unknown, and Deceased The Quarantined list was HUGE, hundreds of names David wasn’t on it It was in alphabetical order but I read the list four ti spot Then I moved on to Status Unknown, and he wasn’t on there, either, and then I decided it was a stupid list because whose status do we actually know at any given time? They could have the whole world on there I just closed the browser

No return call froain

Left a ave him a location & told him to pick me up there at eleven AM No reason he can’t be up and around at that hour