The Infected (Book 6): Last Shot by Justin Gowland Page A

about our child!” She said with panic in her eyes.
    I gave her a sad smile “I won’t lie to you and say it doesn’t make it hard, but yes I’ll go after them. Amy, I have to otherwise we’ll never be safe here or anywhere else.”
    She looked down at the floor and I could see her trying hard to see another way, but I knew she wouldn’t find one. I reach out and gently stroked her cheek with the back of my hand. I felt like crying.
    “I really need to go and talk with David and Mike before they hear it from anyone else,” I said dropping my hand to my side.
    She just stared at me looking despondent. I turned around and started to walk away toward the doors.
    “Who told you?” She asked in a quiet whisper that I hardly heard.
    I half-turned toward her “I overheard some stuff and sort of put it together and then had confirmation from a couple of people.” Walking out of the Operations room I saw her out of the corner of my eye sitting down on one of the chairs.
    I managed to find David in the dining room with his wife. They were sitting together sharing a flask of something hot. I walked over and David looked up as I stopped beside them.
    “Hey, Marc did you find out who let Tom out?” He said sipping at the dark brew in his cup.
    “I did. Look is there any chance I can have a chat with you and Jennie?” I asked looking around the room there were a few people in the dining room.
    Jennie looked at me “Sure take a seat.”
    Sitting down I looked at my hands and then up at their faces and felt seriously uncomfortable at them looking at me. To tell the truth, I didn’t know where to start. Their son had released Tom from that room and to cap it all he killed Jake, Mike’s father.
    I shook my head “Look there is no way to tell you this, other than just to come out with it.” I paused “We’ve viewed the security footage and the same person who killed Jake helped Tom out of the Bunker and the compound outside. David, it was your Philip…” I never got to say the rest.
    “NO!” He screamed standing up. Jennie burst into tears and shook with each huge sob. “I don’t believe you. Philip would never do anything like this.”
    Jennie reached up and pulled on his arm. David looked down and saw the look on his wife’s face. He slumped down into the chair beside her and pulled her into a huge hug.
    “David I saw it all with my own eyes and I hate to say it but it was him there wasn’t any doubt,” I said shaking my head feeling the waves of hurt coming from my two friends.
    David’s eyes stared over the table at me, they had a distant look. Jennie shook with quiet sobs against his large chest.
    “I’ll let you be,” I said standing up to walk away.
    “Why?” David said with a voice that held controlled anger.
    I shook my head slightly “I don’t know to tell you the truth. The only thing I can think of is that Tom managed to convince Philip it was the right thing to do or that he was going to get rewarded for it.”
    David stroked Jennie’s long hair “I want to see the footage. It’s not that I don’t believe you Marc, but this is something I need to see with my own eyes.”
    “Chris is down in the security room. He’ll show you the tapes. Sorry for the bad news but I thought it was better if I came and told you rather than anyone else. I’ve got to go and talk with Mike about his dad.”
    David’s eyes went wide “Oh shit! I forgot that Jake was Mike’s dad.” He shook his head “Jennie and I will head down in a little while. Thanks for letting us know Marc.”
    He still looked pissed, but he seemed to be in control. I turned and headed for the doors. The next visit was bound to be worse than speaking with David and Jennie. I loved Jake; he meant more to me than I could say. When I saved him and the others, it was he who helped me to see who I could become. I tried hard to live up to that ideal and now he was gone and it seemed for no reason. The lift opened on the third floor and I