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girls run out and hug their mother and father.
     
    I couldn’t just leave them with nothing. We weren’t the enemy here.
     
    “Tony, stop the truck.” I said.
     
    “What?” it was a reasonable question.
     
    “Please, just do it.” I asked.
     
    He did so, but took the shotgun and placed it out the window pointing it towards the family. They saw him and didn’t move as they watched what I was doing.
     
    I hopped out of the truck and pulled back the tarp up behind where I sat. There was a bucket I had been collecting eggs in and it was about half full. I took out five eggs, one for each of them.
     
    I then grabbed one of the small boxes of canned food and went to just the back of the truck, set it on the ground and opened it to put the eggs inside.
     
    “Not everyone is the enemy.” I said, as I made my way back into the truck and we drove away.
     
    I looked back just in time to see the woman wave. I knew it wouldn’t get them far, but knowing that there were still good people might help them try a little harder to survive without having to kill someone first.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 10 - Anthony
     
    Stress is a funny thing. It can turn someone who is considered normal into something they wouldn’t recognize. And everyone responds to stress differently.
     
    The stress of having that shotgun pointed at me made me realize just how close we came to losing our lives.
     
    I don’t think that really hit me until just now. With all the things that were happening, maybe I just blocked out the real danger that we had all been in.
     
    After we had made enough distance away from the family and got back on our track, I found a place to pull over momentarily. I needed to collect my thoughts, but I felt like I was going to lose my lunch.
     
    I just needed to take a breath. This world was something I never expected to have to live in. And Katherine was right about how people will go bad in no time flat.
     
    I pulled out the walkie. “Just taking a minute guys. All is fine now. You doin’ okay back there?”
     
    “Yeah, we’re good. What happened?” Evan asked.
     
    “Will explain later. Just need to get back on track.” I said, trying to get my head back into driving.
     
    “10-4”
     
    I tried not to think about how bad things were and decided to focus instead on just getting us the hell out of town.
     
    We still had at least another 20 miles until we reached the outside of the suburbs.
     
    It had seemed like we had been on the road for hours now, and I could barely see the sun beginning to lighten up the sky behind me. I knew it would only be a few more minute of having to deal with the darkness and Kat having to use the flashlight off and on to see the roads.
     
    I figured it was risky to use the headlights, but at this point, it may gain us some speed.
     
    Taking a deep breath, I pulled on the lights. Kat looked over at me, but didn’t say anything.
     
    “I want to try to get some speed and get us out of here. If I can see, then we can move faster.” I said.
     
    She nodded. It was risky, and we both knew it. But it would allow me to move faster and get us out of here.
     
    The route we had planned had kept us on side roads as well as four-lane roads that weaved through the area. We made sure our plans allowed us plenty of room to turn around if needed.
     
    As we drove through the area, we could see groups of people huddled up around barrels that were on fire. There were some places that looked like people had set up tents and created camping communities right inside some of the local parks.
     
    It was as if tent cities had sprung up all over the place.
     
    We didn’t slow down to take a look. I wasn’t about to take a chance on not being able to get out of town.
     
    When we finally made it to the interstate ramp out of the city, I pulled over and turned off the lights.
     
    The sun was peeking over the horizon