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The kids have definitely sensed a change now Maybe it&039;s because they&039;ve been trapped in the flat without contact from anyone else for days Obviously what they&039;ve seen today hasquestions and I don&039;t kno to answer them I don&039;t knohat to say to the off the bathroo room (or &039;safe room&039; as we&039;re now supposed to call it) to try and make everyone feel a little safer I don&039;t know if it&039;s done any good

We&039;ve been sitting in the safe rooet up and wander ai, but there&039;s nothing I can do either I don&039;t want to talk to anyone I&039;htened I walk into Josh and Ed&039;s small room and climb up onto Ed&039;s top bunk His small screen TV is at the end of the bed I switch it on and flick through the channels Nothing worth watching There are a couple of channels showing repeats of old TV shows, the rest are just showing the public infor at exactly the same time on all the major national channels It overnovern on TV and no other distractions I findout of thejust to the side of the bed I lie down flat on h the net curtain at the street outside Froth of Calder Grove - froht down to the junction of the road with Gregory Street Apart fro else is still The world feels silent and deserted, as if we&039;ve all been put in quarantine froure in the distance People stick to the shadows and they&039;re gone as quickly as they appear There&039;s hardly any other movement at all Once in a while a car passes by, otherwise nothing else seeraph of the world

Why hasn&039;t anyone done anything about the corpses? We&039;ve kept the curtains in the living room closed so the kids can&039;t see them If Woods&039; wife&039;s body is still there in the o and throw a blanket over it just so it&039;s out of view I can see the blackened reers are lifted up and clasped together like she&039;s praying or pleading for help

I don&039;t knoe&039;re going to do I&039; not to panic I don&039;t think we have any choice but to lock ourselves in here and sit this thing out, however long that takes I don&039;t want to

&039;What are you looking at?&039; a voice suddenly asks fro me jump I look round and see that it&039;s Ellis She&039;s crept into the bedrooed to climb the ladder up to Ed&039;s bed She peers atide, saucer-shaped eyes

&039;Nothing,&039; I answer, rolling over and giving her space to clis herself onto the bed

&039;What are you doing in here?&039;

It&039;s difficult to answer I&039;,&039; I say again

&039;You looking at the dead lady?&039; she asks in a remarkably innocent anddown for a while I&039; on Ed&039;s bed? Why aren&039;t you lying on yours and Mummy&039;s bed?&039;

Her questions never seem to stop I wish they would I&039;m not in the mood to answer them

&039;I wanted to watch the TV,&039; I tell her, not being entirely honest &039;I haven&039;t got one in my bedroom&039;

&039;Why not watch the other telly with the rest of us?&039;

&039;Ellis,&039; I say, stifling a yawn and pulling her closer, &039;shut up, will you&039;

&039;You shut up,&039; she mumbles under her breath She yawns too and shuffles closer to ain and I begin to wonder whether Ellis has fallen asleep But it&039;s not just this room that&039;s quiet - the whole flat is ominously silent In the distance I can just about hear thequiet or is there so with the others? Is it because of what&039;s happening outside, or is the isolation and uncertainty starting to have an effect on the rest of , or have they already changed? I find ain and I&039;m depressed by a constant streas can&039;t continue like this indefinitely? There has to coives or the situation resolves itself, doesn&039;t there? I don&039;t have any answers and I&039;m actually relieved when Ellis decides to attack e ofback to school tomorrow?&039; she asks naively

&039;I don&039;t think so,&039; I reply

&039;The next day?&039;