Search for Safety: Killing the Dead Book Two Read Online Free PDF Page B

finally take a brush to her hair, it’s just so tangled already.“
    “We should make a list of all the things we need. I started one back at the farmhouse but it was left behind along with most of the other stuff when we had to run.”
    “I’m not sure how much use a list would be anyway” said Claire her usual cheerful smile fading, “It isn’t like we can just nip out to the shops and get what we want.”
    “We will figure something out. If nothing else the guys have been out once looking for supplies, I am sure they will want to try again.”
    “God! I don’t know if I will be able to ask them to get some things for me” Claire said with a laugh.
    “Nonsense, if you can’t ask for feminine products during an apocalypse without embarrassment then when can you?” Lily asked with a laugh of her own and they both descended into giggles.
    “I wonder what women did back before all that stuff was invented” said Claire when he giggling subsided.
    “No idea. Perhaps some of those books Ryan got will tell us.”
    “Oh yeah, I forgot about those. What did he get?”
    “I haven’t had the chance to look with one thing and another, now they are buried under the stuff from the house. When we stop we can dig some out.” Lily said waving one hand in towards the front of the van and the piled up belongings.
    “It was a good idea to get them. He does seem to have a firm idea of what to do sometimes. Do you think he was one of those survivalist types?” Claire asked Lily with a quick glance towards me to check if I were sleeping.
    I resisted the urge to open my eyes fully. I was not at all comfortable with people asking questions about me. “No. I don’t think he was a survivalist” Lily said after a pause that seemed too long to my suspicious self.
    “Well what about his fighting? You saw him back at the farm. He killed those people without a thought.” Claire’s voice lowered to just barely audible from my position. “You have to admit we don’t know that much about him.” I had to work to relax my muscles as they tensed up, if Lily divulged my secret here I would have to leave. If Claire was suspicious enough I might actually have to kill her.
    “I know enough. I know he has saved us all several times and he is just practical. He doesn’t worry about the past or think about what has happened. He just looks at ways of solving our problems.” Lily said equally quietly. “It’s a good thing. I don’t think he had much in the way of family to worry about when all this happened, so it was easier for him to let go of the past.” She smiled at Claire, “Whatever the reasons, we wouldn’t be here without him and I think that says enough about his character for me.”
    Claire nodded slowly as she thought about Lily’s words. “Perhaps you’re right.” She said, adding hopefully “Perhaps he was in the army, they could have trained him.”
    “It’s possible” Lily replied, “Either way, if he is a private person we should leave him be.”
    Claire agreed and the talk turned back to less dangerous things. I tried to relax a little. Lily had diverted Claire for now. I would have to be careful though with what I did and said around the others. I lay quietly listening to the girls chatter away and tried to come up with a way to appear less suspicious, while still being able to keep myself alive.
    I was roused from my thoughts when the van came to a halt. “Guys you should look at this” called Pat. Lily and Claire both climbed over the piled belongings to look out the windshield, whilst I was left at the back straining to see over their shoulders.
    “What are we looking at?” Claire asked.
    “Opportunity” was all Pat would say. Rachel just shook her head and shrugged her shoulders to indicate she didn’t know what he meant. I finally managed a look through the windshield and thought I knew what Pat intended.
    He had parked the van in the centre of a country road that would have barely fit two