Infected: They Will Eat You!: A Story of Family Survival in a Zombie Apocalypse by Donel Gillies Read Free Book Online Page A

for some heavy breathing and occasional snore, the morning was peaceful, not my mind. I wanted to go back to sleep but started thinking about things to get done, what if this was really nothing and we just spent thousands of dollars, what if this was the end or if we had to leave where would we go?
    I sat up and swung my legs over the side of the bed with a moan. My body ached. I got dressed and headed down stairs. Joey must have been nestled down with the boys, he pounced in front of me leading the way to the kitchen. Time to go outside I guess. I let him out, got my coffee and sat down on the couch in the quiet. The only light came from the electric candles Christine insisted we have in our windows.
    The quiet was nice. Sitting still was very nice. There are times when sitting still and quiet and just listening is important. I have found that listening is an extremely important skill to learn and one that must be practiced or your proficiency diminishes. My main thought or rather question I asked out loud, “Am I doing the right thing? Are these preparations necessary?”
    The images that came to mind were of Richard Dreyfuss sculpting his mashed potatoes in Close Encounters of the Third Kind and that of Noah building the Arc. Both appeared insane to others but they were preparing for events to come. I hoped it wasn’t the insane part I was relating to.
    The answer that I kept getting was “You’re doing well. Keep it up.” I’d heard this answer before in my life and it had always proven true so I decided to keep going.
    I got more coffee, a pencil and notepad and went back to the couch to make a plan for the day. Without thinking I turned on the TV.
    “ ....and the conflicts between Hezbollah and al-Qaeda and other Islamic groups continues along the Lebanon-Syrian border and have spilled into Jordan. Reports are still sketchy but we do have this from Ryan Dickson in Jasim, Syria. ” said the news anchor.
    There was silence. “ Ryan, are you there? ” asked the woman on TV. “ Ryan? ”
    “ ….do know is that hundreds if not thousands of Israeli’s have been killed as they try to leave Israel and cross the border into Syria. Less than an hour ago we witnessed these ourselves. In addition, we have reports of small arms fire and explosions to the East of us. We will try to get more information on that but movement here is treacherous for anyone and especially anyone from outside the region. Right now we have……….. ” A loud explosion could be heard and Ryan’s sentence was cut off.
    “ Ryan? ” the anchors tone was that of concern. A look of fear and anxiety filled her face. “ Ryan, are you there? ” she looked off camera then looked back.
    “ We will have more on the situation in a moment. ” her voice quivered as she tried to continue, “T o repeat what…….um, Ryan Dickson just reported….there is currently fighting along the……we have Ryan… ” she cupped her left hand to her ear. “ Ryan is OK. We are in contact with Ryan and his crew and they are all OK. An explosion happened within a hundred yards of them and they had to quickly leave the area. ” she seemed to be repeating what someone was telling her in her earpiece.
    “ Ryan and the crew are fine and will check back in with us once they feel their situation is safe.
    “ To recap recent events, an apparent highly infectious virus is ravaging Israel, no travel in or out of the country is being enforced. Quarantine areas continue to be set up as well as refugee sites. What little video we have from inside Israel shows scenes of what are apparently infected people attacking others. Military and police having to shoot the infected. Power is out in most of the country making communication difficult. Surrounding countries have refused to allow refugee camps to be set up within their borders and we have seen where anyone trying to cross out of Israel is being shot.
    “ Celebrations have been going on in some countries since