Susie's short adventure - Marybeth Hale (story read aloud .txt) 📗

Susie woke up as her god parents tried to keep their children quiet as they got ready for church. "Susie, oh hey. Are you ok?" Jenny asked as she held her son. "Yeah. I'm fine. You guys ok?" Susie asked as Jenny and her son looked at Susie surprised. "What?" Susie asked as she didn't notice her arm falling off.

Jenny's husband stood next to her holding her jacket. "I really think we should tell her now." He said before Jenny shook her head. "Don't you dare, Henry." Jenny said before she put her jacket on. Susie looked down at her arm and then sighed. "Yes. I know im a freak, ok?" Susie asked before she turned around and walked up the stairs. "I wish she would see how special she is." Jenny said before grabbing the arm and then grabbed a needle and thread. "Why can't we kick her out?" Henry asked before he took their son and daughter to the car. Susie cried into her pillow as Jenny walked into the room. "Hey, sweetie. I have your arm. Did you want me to sew it back on?" Jenny asked as she sat next to Susie. Susie then sighed and sat up and gave Emily her arm nub. "Am I a monster?" Susie asked making Jenny look at her in shock. 

"You may be a little different. But you are unique and special. You are not a monster." Jenny said as Susie looked outside. She knew that Sarah wouldn't believe her though she did watch corpses eat her family in front of her. "Then why can't I go outside?" Susie asked before Jenny sighed. She didn't want to lie to Susie to get hurt but she didn't know how to answer her. "Go have fun at church. I'll take care of myself." Susie said before Jenny stood up and turned around. Jenny knew that this life wasn't fair for her and that she needed to go out but she was too scared to lose her. "Have a good day, sweetie. We'll bring you lunch hun. What would you like?" Jenny asked as she stood in the door way. "You know what I have to start eating to survive." Susie said as she placed her hand on her stomach. Jenny sighed and then turned and left to go to the car. "What does she want for lunch this time?" Henry asked before he started to drive. "We need to start bringing people home for her to eat." Jenny said before Henry his head. 

"Let's just kick her out. She's a danger to our family." Henry said as he parked in the church parking lot. Jenny gasped and then slapped Henry making their children cry. "Ow!" Henry yelled as Jenny got out and grabbed the kids to calm them down. Susie looked and grabbed a bag and put her stuff in it. "No one loves me." Susie said as she took everything even her mother's sewing kit and then left frightened. Susie then opened her eyes and seen no one staring at her like she thought. As she shook her head, Susie took out a map and then looked at possible paths. "Ok, now where is the recent zombie hotel?" Susie said to herself before she started to walk forward. Susie could feel the looks that she gets from everyone that she passed. "I wish I could defend myself." Susie said to herself as she watched a group of women appear in the front of hotel.

Susie watched on as she felt confused. "Ladies! Ladies! Please. Let others in." A male zombie said as he noticed Susie. The group turned to look at her and before Susie could wave at them, they made sure she was not able to get through. "You guys are mean. Excuse me." He said as he watched a car drive past with its passengers flipping him and Susie off. "Hey. What's wrong?" He said as he got closer to her and then noticed as she was about to cry. "I didn't do anything to them and they flipped me off." Susie said as she wiped tears away. "Oh, don't worry about them. They do it to me too. Do you need help?" He said before one of the women went to him and pulled him away. "I may not know you. But I do know that you aren't worthy to be in Zachary's presence." The lady said as she pulled Zachary away from her. "Everyone hates me." Susie said as she got on her knees. He hated how the woman treated the little girl that he just met but he knew that he wouldn't be left alone. 

 "Ok, girls. Time for lunch." Zachary said before he growled making the women scream and run away. Zachary then chuckled and then went to Susie and seen that she passed out from hunger. "Oh no. Who would treat a fellow zombie like this?" He said as he picked up Susie. Zachary looked to the left and then to the right and then ran across the road into the hotel. "Hey, oh my goodness." The secretary said as she pressed a button for the nurse.

The nurse quickly came up and then Zachary got closer. "After I scared the girls, I saw that she's on the floor." He said before the nurse grabbed Susie. "While I check on what she is, I'll make sure she is OK. You should stay here." The nurse said before Zachary nodded and then the nurse turned. No one knew where the nurse's office was but they knew that with her in the building than she would be able to help above. "Ok, let's see her." The nurse said as she studied Susie. "Hmmm a zombie but what is wrong?" She asked before looking at her clip board. "I have an idea." She said as she got a jar of brains and took one out and then held it over Susie's head. Susie woke up smelling the brain and then reached for it. The nurse smiled and gave her the brain as she written on her papers. "There you go. Go get a room upstairs." The nurse said while helping Susie off of the table ready for her next patient. Susie finished the brain and went upstairs as she looked around. "Oh, hey. There you are." Zachary said chuckling a little as he went to her. Susie looked at him confused even though she still felt hungry. 

Zachary grabbed her hand and watched as her body shook a little. "Let's go to my room. I'll get u someone to eat." He said before Susie nodded and walked with him to his room. Susie felt like she had to stay quiet as she missed her family. "You ok?" Zachary asked before Susie shook her head. "What's wrong?" Zachary asked before Susie looked up at him. Susie then sighed as she realized that Zachary would never know based on looking at faces. "I miss my family. I want to go home. Though I know I don't belong there." Susie explained as he looked at her shocked. Zachary then blinked and stood up while thinking on what to tell her. "I have an idea. But we'll have to be quick." Zachary said before Susie nodded. Susie watched as Zachary grabbed a bag of food for her. "Even though I have felt like we were destined to meet, you must leave me. Ever night I'll bring you food. But I won't be able to stay." Zachary said as Susie looked down.

They both knew that even though they didn't know each other, they were killed to be with each other. "I don't want you to leave me at all, though." Susie said before Zachary looked at her. "I know but we must not stay together either." He said as he grabbed Susie's hand. She stayed quiet for she knew that no matter what she would say, there was no way she could change his mind. "Ok." Susie said as her voice quivered while she tried not to cry. She placed the food he got for her into her bag and then started running home as she knew that the family wasn't home yet.

Zachary watched her sighing in pain knowing that she was hurting. "I wish I could fully change her." Zachary said before the nurse immediately went to him. "What do you mean?" The nurse asked as Zachary stared out the window.

 Susie climbed back into her window and took a bar made of human flesh out of her bag. Susie took a bite as a tear fell down her cheek. "This is it. No going back." Susie said as she started to enjoy the bar. Emily walked in holding a lunch bag and dropped it as Susie looked at her hungry.

Publication Date: 01-10-2022

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