16STUART
THURSDAY 9 JULY – 6:19pm
‘ Daddy, ’ Sally says, tugging my arm, ‘ there ’ s a man at the door. ’
My blood runs cold.
Is it Nathan? Is it one of the infected?
It ’ s neither.
I hang back at the end of the hallway, watching the shape on the other side of the frosted glass. Who the hell is this? I don ’ t recognise him. Where the hell did he come from?
‘ Aren ’ t you going to answer it? ’ Sally asks.
I crouch down so I ’ m level with her and I whisper. ‘ Go upstairs and find Mummy. ’
‘ Mummy ’ s upset about Nathan, ’ she says, whispering too now.
‘ I know. Go and make her happy, there ’ s a good girl. I ’ ll see what the man wants. ’
I watch her all the way up the stairs. She looks back and I gesture for her to keep going.
He ’ s gone. Where is he?
Fucker ’ s having a go
