Chapter Nineteen
Two days later, Marcus took a drive into town. It was the first time he’d left the house since the trip to the grocery store.
Since that day, he’d spent most of his time watching the news and becoming more resolved to accept the hopelessness of his situation. There were many broken items in the house from his fits of anger, when he’d needed to throw something. But those outbursts were over now.
He’d spoken to Lucy a few times, but the calls had seemed unproductive and always reminded him that his girlfriend was tucked safely away while he was left at home, slowly dying from an invisible enemy.
The teen glanced down at his shirt and noticed a bloodstain, considered changing into something cleaner, but then decided that would be too much trouble. He wasn’t sure if the bl
