Chapter 21

I’d had a week of relative calm in my life.  I was sitting on the front porch in my favorite rocking chair after a meal of delicious and hearty vegetable lasagna that Angela had made for the household.  She was still inside clearing things up, but Peter and Evan were with me.  There was only light and meaningless conversation flowing between us. It was wonderful, and I wanted it to last forever.

Of course, it didn’t.

Megan’s panicked phone call brought my world of bliss crashing in around us.  She’d narrowly escaped being attacked by someone she was certain was an advanced zombie and she’d gone into hiding as a result.  The creature had been so bold as to waltz into her shop in broad daylight!

I told her to stay put and then pulled Peter into the house with the pretext of having him help me rustle up a few night caps so that

I could tell him about it. He was furious.

To my surprise, he not only