16 BRYCE AND I locked the gate this time to keep any other new zombies from wandering in. “I wonder how they happened to know we’re here?” I said to him as we watched more begin to navigate toward the house. He shrugged. “Not sure, but I think we should get going soon. It’s too dangerous staying here.” I nodded, trying not to breathe in the horrible smell. The smell of the rotting flesh was so pungent that I decided to ask Kristie for some Vicks to rub under my nose. I’d heard it was great for masking raunchy smells. We returned to the house and closed the blinds so we wouldn’t have to view all the corpses outside. It was getting warmer outside and now the flies were beginning to hover around the dead. “Nothing on television yet,” mumbled Paige, throwing the remote control. Bryce had

