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Using her flashlight to guide her, Allie h a patch of weeds to study the s on the side of the building
Bin-go! Jalousie glass panes Popular in Florida during the last century before central air-conditioning becaht provide excellent ventilation but they looked easy as all heck to break into Not that Allie had any experience sneaking in or out of s Once upon a time, that had been Zeke’s forte Before he’d cleaned up his act, of course Nowadays, there wasn’t anyonebrother
She noticed thein the lass panes Had someone already broken inside? Maybe Or more likely those panes had fallen out over ti was scheduled to come down, it wouldn’t have made sense to fix them
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Which brought Allie to her third option—it wasn’t really a B&E if she didn’t actually break anything Yes, there was that big NO TRESPASSING sign but the as practically open Soht consider that an invitation
Ha Her brother would call that delusional thinking Fuzzy morality, at best But ere her options? Despite the late hour, she was now fully awake
She sent up a silent apology to Buela (Zeke, she would deal with later) and went into action With the flashlight tucked beneath her arm, she knocked the fli her bottoe, she lowered one sneakered foot inside—when the tinny-sounding ring tone version of Adele’s Ru butt first onto a hard wooden floor
Her cell phone flew out of her shorts pocket Allie scaht knee to conored the pain and glanced at her cell phone’s caller ID telling her (warning her) that it was her roommate, Jen
“Where are you?” Jen asked
“Check the fridge” Allie had purposely left Jen a note taped to the refrigerator door It was the first place Jen alhen she got ho shift at the hospital where she worked as a respiratory therapist
After a slightly too long pause in which Allie iht’s leftovers as well, Jen said, “You’re in Whispering Lakes? Isn’t that where you grew up?”
“Yep, but it’s Whispering Bay” Allie went on to explain about the email that had caused her to jump in her car and make the six hour drive to her hometown
“So, let ht,” Jen said “Sohost inside the building? And you, what? Jumped in your car and drove up there? Just like that?”
Yes, just like that, she wanted to say, but so her She pointed the flashlight on her leg to investigate Blood! The sight of blood (especially her own) hosts attracted to blood?”
“That’s zombies Or is it vampires? Yep, it’s definitely vampires Wait Did you say blood? Allie, whose blood are we talking about here?”