Free Outbreak The Living (The Outbreak Series) by Deausha Kristal Page B

you doing, my dear?” Lane asks.
    “Hey Lane, I’m great thanks. What about you?”
    “I’m perfect, Egypt.” He looks over to Mack and frowns a bit. “Who do you have with you there, Egypt?” he asks.
    “This is Mack, Mack this is Lane. We have, ah, met before briefly,” I say.
    Mack doesn’t make a move to shake hands. I know he can read my body language seeing that I am stiffer than a board.
    “Oh briefly? Really darling?" Lane says smirking.
    “We need to drive through if you don’t mind, Lane.”
    “Why do you need to go this way, Egypt? And what would Jake say you being all close with Mack?” he asks.
    You can hear the sarcasm dripping from him. Shit, this is going to go wrong. I can feel Mack stiffening up next to me. Putting my hand on his arm, I have to defuse this situation quickly.
    “Lane, we need to get some meds for my mom that are lifesaving,” I say.  I really hope that honesty is the right thing here. I know Mack is getting pissed at the situation, but there is no way around this. I know he knows this.
    “Why don’t you guys join us for lunch, I promise no harm will come to you here with us. Well from the human kind anyway,” he says smiling.
    Looking up at Mack, he shakes his head yes.
    “We’re keeping our guns,” Mack says.
    “But of course, Mack, I wouldn’t have it any other way,” Lane says.
    Mack takes my hand and squeezes it, walking over to where Lane is he leads us behind the barricade of trucks. There is a tent set up with tables and chairs. The closer we get I can see a grill and something smells delicious on there. Getting to the tent we all sit down. Lane makes it so that I’m sitting next to him. I can tell Mack does not like it, but does not say anything.
    Drinks are brought to us, it looks like sweet tea and it even has ice in it. This is something I will miss once the power goes out. It is just a matter of time.
    “So you need to get meds for your mom, Egypt?” Lane asks.
    Taking a drink, I don’t answer right away. Lane is watching me closely. I know we will be having a discussion about the farm and Jake. It is not something I want to have in front of Mack, but I guess he does have a right to know. Looking at Lane I go to answer but Mack beats me to it.
    “Yes, we do. I figure it would save time going now, rather than going home and having to come back here for a second time,” Mack says.
    Lane looks from Mack to me, I know he’s trying to figure us out.  Setting my glass down, I say, “Mack and I are part of the same group. We have all been together since this started a few months ago.”
    Lane looks over at me, you can tell that he’s really thinking. “What about Jake? I thought you guys were an item.”
    I see Mack tense up beside me. I better get this all out, at least part of it. Some of it I’m not going to say in front of Lane. I know Lane is doing this on purpose, he thinks this is funny.
    “Jake kidnapped me and was holding me against my will, I’m sorry about your girlfriend, all she had to do was leave well enough alone but she wouldn’t.”
    “What happened to his girlfriend, Egypt?” asks Mack. Just as I was going to answer him, Lane jumps in.
    “Egypt killed her,” Lane says.
    Looking over at Mack I can see he has more questions, but he is smart and lets it drop for now. Two women walk over with trays full of food. As they set the plates down, there are burgers and salmon on one and the other had three bowls, one has a salad, fruit, and the last one has grilled veggies. I wonder how long we will be able to eat like this. I know at home we have six cows, some chickens, and three pigs. We will be OK for a while.
    “Please help yourselves to some food. What’s mine is yours, while you’re here with us,” Lane says.
    Looking over to Mack, he nods and we all help ourselves. We really do not talk while we are eating. Looking around I see that Lane has a nice setup here. It is huge and tons of people. They are all armed too.  It