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wasn’t here? What if they never made it this far? The way Josh
had talked about them made it seem like he was confident about them being here.
But then again, something did happen that resulted in the loss of his niece.
Could it be that maybe his whole family didn’t make it?
    Jeremy cut his worrying short as they
turned around one last bend of trees. The two-story farmhouse came into view
once around the curve. It was bigger than Jeremy expected. What a house this
size was doing in the middle of the forest was beyond Jeremy. It had a wraparound
porch on the lower level, rocking chairs lining the front side.
    As Josh pulled the truck to a stop,
several figures stepped out onto the porch. They stood there for a moment,
staring at the truck that had just pulled into their driveway. Josh shut off
the engine and stepped out. Jeremy watched as the man’s face lit up and he took
off running towards the house. One of the people on the porch, made their way
down the steps.
    Jeremy looked back through the
rear-window at Lexx and Tori. Lexx shrugged and they three of them exited the
truck. They watched as Josh ran towards the person who hobbled in his
direction.
    “Laura!” He cried out.
    The woman threw open her arms for him.
    Jeremy, Lexx, and Tori all watched as he
tightly embraced the brunette woman, kissing all over her face. She returned
his affection and buried her head into his chest, tears streaming down her
face. The other figures from the porch made their way towards the reunited
couple.
    Tori nudged Lexx in the ribs.
    “What?” he said.
    Tori tried her best to keep a calm face.
    “Is she… Is she…”
    Lexx looked at his stammering friend and
then back to Josh’s wife. His jaw dropped open. Jeremy noticed it too and also
tried to keep his smile in place.
    Josh’s wife was very pregnant.
     

Chapter
Four
     
    The hot water beat against Jeremy’s bare
chest. He lowered his head, letting the shower soak his hair, and let all the
dirt and grime wash away.
    Oh, man… I thought I’d never feel hot
water again.
    This was not the first time that he had
taken a shower since the one at his own house the day everything started. The
day he lost his mother. The day he was washing off her blood. They spent their
first night with Josh in a small, little country home. The water there was well
water, so it was fresh, and cold. Freezing cold. And it smelled off too. Kinda
of like old eggs.
    This water on the other hand, it did not
have that funky smell. Jeremy did not care why; he just enjoyed it.
    Not sure how they got hot water too.
Maybe a generator on a water heater?
    Again, he didn’t really care, but just
enjoyed the luxury of the steaming hot shower. He offered to go last in the
line to the shower, so he was not expecting warm water at all. Maybe he would
ask later, or maybe, it just didn’t matter.
    They were safe now.
    At least relatively, other than the
zombies near the tanker, the group had yet to see anymore living dead wandering
around. Josh’s family only said a small group was found nearby, but Josh’s
nephew, CJ, dispatched all three.
    The thirteen-year-old boy stood almost as
tall as Jeremy did. Jeremy was slightly taller than everyone else his age, but
he seemed to think he had hit his maximum height. CJ seemed to be the same way,
except where Jeremy was kind of scrawny, CJ was solid. The boy had been mostly
quiet too. He stayed to the background as the new arrivals became integrated
into the group. He was most likely sizing them up, the same way any thirteen-year-old
sizes up a group of adults.
    The rest of Josh’s family had been
welcoming, his brother-in-law and wife more so. The in-laws seemed nice, but
Jeremy could tell by their facial expressions that they were unsure of Josh
bringing strangers to their safe haven. Fair enough. Jeremy could not blame
them for that. Josh’s sister-in-law was strangely quiet. When introduced, she
simply nodded and turned back to the house. Jeremy did not take