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When I came out of the closet, Harlow had found a box of matches The rooan to light them

“There’s a pool out back,” she said as she lit the last candle “It’s a little skuzzy, but ht be the closest thing we have to a shower for a while”

“Maybe”

I still hadlooped over un and set them on the bed My tennis shoes had been very nice Converse before I wore them all to hell, and I slipped them off When I sat down on the bed, my feet throbbed painfully

“I don’t wanna walk toain”

She sat on the bed next to me, and I looked over at her feet for the first time They were covered in bloody, swollen blisters

“Holy hell!” I gaped at her wounds

“I know When I pulled off my socks, they were full of blood” She stared down at her feet wearily for a second, and then looked sharply at rade boots, and they don’t have any holes I double checked”

“Those boots are killing your feet, though They’re way too big!” I wanted to get up off the bed and take them from her, so she couldn’t let them mutilate her feet anyreat for kicking in zombie’s heads”

“Yeah, but I haven’t seen you kick any zoangrene and lose your feet And there’s no way you can go swi like that”

“What? Why not?”

“The water is probably contaminated with the virus, and you have open wounds,” I said “Even if it’s not full of the zo that would cause a major infection In fact, come here”

“I aue so hed and scooted over to yle sweater underneath the out a bottle of alcohol Beck had toldwounds and lots of alcohol It ht not stop the zoht sting,” I warned her, and before she could protest, I poured it on her feet She let out such a shrill screa off “Harlow! Shh! It’s okay!”

Within aup the stairs, and Blue threw open the bedrooun, but I only putokay?” Blue scanned the roo her feet” I pointed to Harlow’s daes

“Are there zombies in there?” Lazlo shouted from somewhere down the hall

“No, it’s all clear,” Blue yelled back at hiht?” Harlow asked hi my feet”

“Do you wantcloser to where we sat “I mean, I wasn’t board certified, but I can clean a few cuts”