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Marcus scowled blackly when I finished "I don’t like it He’s playing soame"
"But what? He could have shot otta be honest, I never did think he killed Marianne"
His scowl didn’t lessen "You’ll excuse me if I don’t want to believe he’s innocent He shot me in the head, remember?"
"Yeah yeah yeah, and he shot me twice in the chest," I retorted "But we’re zombies Marianne isn’t"
"I still don’t trust him, and you shouldn’t either," he shot back
I threw uphiodda that maybe we shouldn’t have tunnel vision andpossibility that someone else killed Marianne! We at least owe her that et some control, defiantly crossed er pulsed behind his eyes, but to ht It’s not fair to her So what info do you have on your holdup?"
"I went to NuQuesCor yesterday--"
"Angel, for the love of god! I told you--"
"Would you shut up and lethard "Fucking hell, Marcus! You’re so convinced I’oddamn idiot that needs to be watched over and babysat that you never give h this any to take me seriously He would disuy as surely as Ben did "Forget it," I said, turning and heading for my car door "You’re just as bad as everyone else I’m the loser felon chick who can’t be trusted and has to be protected from herself"
He must have poured on the zombie speed because all of a sudden he was there, his hand on el, please," he said, voice low "I’ently wiped at
Well, try harder, I wanted to growl, but I knew that would be petty and useless Instead I took a deep breath in what I already kneas a doomed effort to keep my voice steady "I went to the lab and pretended to apply for a job," I told him "While I was there I heard the head of security, Walter McKinney, and I’uy who stole the body"
I looked up into his face, searching for any sign he believed me But he kept his expression emotionless and I couldn’t tell either way "Okay," he finally said "I’ll look into it"
I shookyou to look into it I just want you to believe me"
He put his hands on my shoulders "Can I do both? Look,for a rival faction that was trying to steal Sofia’s research If that’s the case thenfor these rebels"
"Rebels?" My lips twitched "Seriously? A rebel alliance of zombies?"
Marcus didn’t share el Whoever has access to an alternate source of brains is going to be practically unstoppable"
That killedfactions of zo for control of the fake brains that can make them superundeadhu share?"
"Well, oals and policies of these other zouard against other zombie hunters and--"