Infection Z by Beswick, L. (best ebook reader for pc .txt) 📗

various glasses, I try to withhold my excitement of staying at a place so luxurious that has withstood the zombie pandemic that has affected every other part of the world.

We next move on to another room that is filled with shelves upon shelves of books, “wow!” April exclaims and I smile at her enthusiasm, “beautiful isn’t it?” Noah asks, “this is our library, we have millions of books from fiction to non-fiction, poetry to biographies, most likely everything you’ve ever wanted to read is here, and a few desks I used to use for studying, and my father used for writing” Noah says and seems to smile at a distant memory of his time in this room, “was your father an author?” April asks, “yes he wrote many fiction novels before his death, he used that world to escape to and hoped many could do the same" Noah sighs, “I’m so sorry how did he die? If you don’t mind me asking?” I ask feeling awful for him, “suicide, he fought his demons for many years but they eventually won, it wrecked my mother and me, but she couldn’t handle the grief and became too unwell to function, she was taken to a psychiatric hospital and I haven’t seen her since" he says sadly, “how awful and you’ve been here alone ever since?” I ask hoping I'm not prying too much, “not quite, I had my aunt Sarah who you've met and once this pandemic happened I found the other people you have seen here, we have all banded together to survive” he explains and wears a warm expression as he looks to his friends, I smile in return amazed at how strong and at peace he seems despite the ordeal he has experienced.

“Moving on from my past, let’s go to the next room, you’ll love this" he guides us to another room, we are all amazed at this large room, in the centre sits a pool table, a ping pong table, an air hockey table and a Foosball table, on one wall a few televisions are mounted with various consoles connected to them, and many other various gaming machines reminding me of the arcades we used to visit before the zombie pandemic, “maybe this place isn’t all bad" Damon mumbled to me his eyes lit up like a child’s on Christmas, “you are all welcome to visit this room and the various others any time you wish" Noah announces with a large grin from seeing our reactions to this game room.

“Now follow me upstairs" the other people stay behind and only myself, Damon and April follow Noah up the long staircase, “as you can see most of the rooms are labelled with everyone’s name, there are still a few rooms vacant, each room has a personal bathroom with a shower so no one has to fight for the room, we have access to fresh water and electricity, we have generators and backup generators that are filled in an eco-friendly way with wind and sunshine, so there’s never a worry of running out, I’m sure you guys are all tired so pick a room with no label and get some rest, we serve dinner in 3 hours so we’ll come and get you then, for now rest, unpack and we’ll talk more at dinner" Noah leaves us to explore our own rooms, we each depart and choose our own rooms, ‘this is like a very expensive hotel’ I think to myself still amazed I have had the pleasure to even see inside such an amazing place, let alone staying here.

I close the door behind myself and my mouth opens at the vast space, a king sized bed, large wardrobe and draws, drawn curtains hiding a large window that looks out at the beautiful garden and beyond the mansion, I notice there is also a balcony and decide I will sit out there later, I place my bag on the floor and look around the room, I find a door leading to a large personal bathroom, a large shower with multiple shower heads towers over me, the bathroom also features a toilet, sink and cupboards filled with Male and female products and perfumes, it seems to have every Hygiene product imaginable, I sigh a breath of relief that there is no worry to access feminine products during my time of the month which is due to come around again soon.

I leave the bathroom and come back to the bedroom, I begin unpacking the small amount of possessions I have, the small amount of clothes I have belong to April as I’ve stayed with Damon and April since that day after school when we first encountered our first zombies, that day seems so long ago in almost another world, before we spotted our teacher outside it was such a normal and much more peaceful world where we could have dreams and future plans, and now all we have is survival and hope that one day our world will return to a type of normalcy where these zombies are no longer here.

I take a framed photo of myself and my parents out of my bag and place it on the table that has a large mirror above it, I sigh and think back to when I was able to get this photo back, when Damon and April’s mum was still around she allowed me and Damon to go back to my house and see if I could find my parents and get some important things, the place seemed empty when we arrived.

Damon came to my room and helped me grab some valuables, this picture was among them and a few pieces of clothing, I grabbed all I could and we were just leaving when I remembered a necklace I wanted of my mother’s that was in her room, we headed there and made the grave discovery of my parents both dead, they fell victim to zombies