Keep Going (Book 1): The Beginning by Alex Andrade Read Free Book Online Page A

were. She looked up and stared intensely at the ladder as if she was excepting one to climb down at any moment.
    “What happened to Charlie?” He asked once again.
    Alex locked eyes with Petey; he felt a child go right through his very soul at the stone face. It was like she had completely shut down any emotion.
    “We were trapped in a house, the idiot ran upstairs. So we were going to just jump roofs to get back here.” She decided to leave out how Charlie argued with her about leaving them. How he thought only of himself in his last moments. She didn’t want to dirty his name, as he was no longer around to defend it. Her vision blurred as unshed tears collected in her eyes.
    “We were climbing out the windows and I gave him my hand to help him out but we didn’t check the room. We didn’t think to check the room.” Her voice shook. “There must have been connecting bathroom or something. They got him. I tried to pull him towards me but they were stronger.”
    She shook her head roughly the screams playing over and over in her head. She should have tried harder she should have done something. Anything! It was her fault he was dead.
    Petey grabbed her head; if she continued to shake so violently she would get sick. He forced her to look at him steading her between his hands and gaze.
    “What did they do to him?” He didn’t want to know.
    “They tore him apart. They bit him and ate him like he was thanksgiving dinner.” Alex scuffed. “They fucking ate him.”
    “Shit.” Petey muttered as he let his hands drop.
    Nodding in agreement Alex finished off the wine and glared at the bottle. Greatly offended that it was empty when she needed more.
    “I got away in enough time.”
    She didn’t acknowledge the tears but she didn’t stop a few that fell upon the bottle. She began to pick at the gauze around her arm.
    “He told me not to let go. He screamed and begged me to save him but I couldn’t.” She whispered. “I couldn’t.”
    Alex felt arms wrap around her as Petey began to gently rock her. She sunk into the warmth and comfort. Her eyes drifted towards the bunks just to the side of them. Maggie slept completely unaware of everything that was going on. He followed her gaze not releasing his hold on her and together they watched her in silence.
    “Don’t tell her. Not yet.” He whispered in fear that she might suddenly hear.
    Petey felt Alex nod against his chest as she slid to curl up even more against him comfortably. Stretching out his legs he pulled her almost into his lap. It wasn’t long after that he felt her breathing even out as she fell into a deep sleep. He held her just a bit tighter and dropped a kiss on top of her dark hair.
    He knew he should be terrified about the monsters above them; he should eel sad about Charlie and his horrible ending. Yet in that moment he found great relief that it was him and not her. Alex had survived; she had made it back to him. He didn’t care if that made him a bad person at the moment he had her safe and in his arms.
     
     
     
    7
    “Alex.” She heard her name whispered a couple times before a powerful force hit her hard. Alex shot up her covers pooling down onto her lap.
    “What the hell Chris?” She yelled.
    Chris stood smiling stupidly as she now hugged pillow she had just wacked her sister with. She bounced on Alex’s bed, she groaned and rolled away pulling the covers over her.
    “You weren’t waking up. I got worried.” Chris snuggled into the bed yanking a pillow from under Alex’s head. The only protest given was a groan as Chris slinked into the covers getting more and more comfortable. Alex rolled over to look at her sister. Her eyes beginning to drift close.
    “Why did you wake me up if you’re just going to sleep? Chris?” Alex growled.
    However she received no response. She nudged her sister in hopes of waking her but nothing. Alex sat up again and started to shake Chris and scream her name but still nothing.
    Alex yanked back