Free Savannah's Only Zombie (Book 2): A New Darkness by Josh Vasquez Page A

was in the Army? Tori thought. Why
didn’t he tell me? He knows how I feel about the Army. He knows my father is a
Marine. Why didn’t he tell me that?
    Well Tori, maybe he didn’t want to because he
did know how you felt and he didn’t want to bring it up yet, she answered herself. And
seeing that you’re talking to yourself right now, maybe that was a good idea on
his part.
    She let her frustration out on the next few
nails. These nails gave her no hesitation and sunk straight into to the wood,
trying to avoid the fury of the hammer-wielder.
    “That’s crazy,” Chris said.
    “Yeah, crazy. No, crazy was coming back to find
my loving fiancé banging our landlord for rent. Not that we didn’t have money
mind you, my paychecks went into the bank just fine. She said she was lonely
and had needs, you know, basic cheating whore stuff. Hell of a homecoming.”
    “Oh man, sorry to hear that.”
    “Yeah, so there I was: twenty one, un-engaged,
and jobless. It took a real toll on me at the time. I went from small job to
small job, never really working out wherever I went. And as far as women went,
well, it took some time to even think about serious relationships again. It was
always just quick-flings and no strings attached kinda deals. And…”
    Lexx’s voice seemed to fade away in Tori’s mind
as the frustration hit new levels.
    He was fucking engaged!?!
    This final revelation of the man she had
feelings for had sought out and pierced through her ever-loving last nerve. She
swung the hammer again, this time with enough force to send the nail deep into
the wood and the hammer’s head splintering off and flying off into the woods.
Tori let out an exasperated breath and stormed off in the direction of the
hammer’s head.
    Lexx looked at Chris with a confused look, held
up his finger motioning for one minute, and then took off after her.
     
    ***
     
    “Hey!”
    Tori ignored Lexx, who she could feel was
closing the distance between the two of them.
    “Tori stop! Where are you going?”
    She didn’t know where she was going. Away from
him? She felt his hand grab her right shoulder and she yanked it away from him.
    “Tori! What is wrong with you?”
    That made her stop. She about-faced and stared
holes into the man. Her face was flushed red; her expression set. It was clear
that she was angry, but the tears in the corner of her eyes betrayed her.
    “Nothing is wrong with me Lexx,” she said with
an eerie calmness.
    Lexx was unsure on how to answer that. It seemed
like a trap. He did not like traps.
    “Um, what I mean to say is, what is bothering
you?” He asked, slowly and carefully.
    “What is bothering me, Lexx?” She asked.
    He didn’t like the way she kept using his name.
There was a hint of contempt hidden in it. Another sign of a trap.
    “I… I don’t know. That’s why I’m asking.”
    She snickered.
    “You want to know what’s bothering me, Lexx?”
    Yep, this is a trap, he thought.
    Although there was a part of him screaming not
to do so, he slowly nodded his head.
    “Well, what’s bothering me is that I don’t know
a FUCKING THING ABOUT YOU! You were in the Army? Were you ever planning on
telling me that? Oh, and you were fucking engaged? Was that ever gonna come
out?”
    She paused, but not for Lexx to answer, but to
take a breath.
    “And here you are, just spilling out your whole
damn life story to Chris, you two best-buds, just laughing it up and having a
grand ol’ time. And you haven’t even as hinted about any of this shit with me?
Fuck you, Lexx, fuck you!”
    Lexx stood there as Tori yelled. He was slightly
concerned with the amount of noise she was making, but decided that maybe it
wasn’t the best time to bring it up. He just made sure to keep an eye out
through his peripheral for anything that might still sneak up on them. Although,
perhaps zombies were not the scariest thing he had to worry about right now.
His shoulders relaxed.
    “That’s it?” He asked.
    “UGH!” She