We drove to the farm, which took us only a few minutes. We parked up and Trudie rushed outside. She was just about to go to the big double fronted house that stood in front of us, but Tim was outside first and stopped her.
"Wait... we have to check it out first... make sure your family are safe and still alive." I heard Tim tell her. He was right I thought.
I went outside and waited with Trudie whilst Tim, Joe and Aiden went over to the front door and knocked. No one answered. Then a man came to the door. The door was made of glass, so he could see right through it. He saw Trudie and opened it instantly.
"Trudie..." He called and she ran to him.
"Dad..."
I walked over to the house and stood there with Tim, Joe and Aiden.
"Hi... I'm Lydia... we found your daughter at a petrol garage not far from here... she's okay... just a bit shaken up... are you all okay here?" I asked wondering how they had survived.
The house looked big and roomy. There were acres of fields and trees surrounding the house. I could see stables at one end in the distance. The house was well hidden behind trees. I realised that no one would be able to find it unless they knew it was here. I looked at Tim and hoped he would see how safe it would be for us all if we stayed here for a while. He eyed me back and I knew he was thinking the same thing.
"We have been fine so far, but Trudie went out with her man and never came back... where is he?"
"Dad... he's gone... he got bitten... he's dead now..." Trudie cried.
"Oh... my sweet... I'm sorry... go inside and get your mum..." He paused for a minute. "Thank you for bringing her back to us. I don't know how to repay you... we have been worried sick about her... and the baby..." he said breathlessly.
"Yes... well... so you are all okay... is it just you, your wife and son?" I asked.
"Yes... I'm John Newman and my wife, Jenny.. or Doctor Newman... she owned a Doctor's surgery in town, but that's all finished now... and my son, Danny, who is 15 years old," he explained as I felt a spark of joy at his words.
"Your wife is a doctor? Oh... that's so good, because our friend has been hurt... Janice, who used to be a nurse, has tried to help him, but it would be great if your wife could take a look at him for us." I asked eagerly.
"Yes... I'm sure she wouldn't mind... look... why don't you all stay for a while... my wife has cooked a large pot of stew and I would like to repay you by letting you stay for a meal. What do you say?" He said kindly. I was shocked that he would trust us enough to let us come inside his home.
"Okay... that sounds delicious and I must say we are all hungry, but are you sure you have enough? There are a few of us and we really would be grateful if your wife could take a look at Nick." I said hoping he wouldn't change his mind as I glanced at Tim with a smile.
"It's no problem... How many of you are there?" John asked.
"Well, there's me....Tim, Joe and Aiden here... in the caravan there's Janice, Ellie, Nick and their children, Molly, Rebecca and Sean. So, that's ten of us." I explained.
"That's fine... my wife makes at least two huge pots of this stew with the chickens that we keep on the farm... although we are running out of chickens so this maybe the last of it."
I nodded. I felt pleased that we had found somewhere to relax for a while.
We all went inside and sat around the table. We met Doctor Jenny, John's wife and their son. They seemed to be very nice people, but I had a feeling they didn't have much experience with the biters yet.
The food would be ready soon. John showed me to a bedroom where I could freshen up in the bathroom attached to it. I changed into a pair of clean jeans and a t.shirt that I had brought with me from home. The room was painted white, but felt cold from lack of heating.
I was just brushing my hair when I heard the door open. It was Tim.
"Tim what are you doing in here?" I said smiling at him.
"Well... I thought I'd come to look for you." He said as he came closer to me. He had a cheeky grin on his face as he came up close and put his hands on my waist.
"What are you doing?" I asked.
"What does it look like... I'm trying to seduce you." He said.
"Not now... they are waiting for us out there... we have to go back out there Tim."
"It's okay... the food isn't ready yet.. they are drinking out there anyway... they brought some wine out... they're all laughing and being merry at the moment. No one will even notice that we are gone." He said as I smiled at him and put my arms around his neck, and realised that he was here and not out there drinking alcohol.
He kissed me eagerly on the lips and held me close. I felt his hand touch my butt, pulling me even closer to him.
"Mmmm... Tim..."
"Yeah... you want me... don't you?"
"I do..." I said.
I kissed him hungrily until I heard a scream. Loud screams echoed in the house.
"What was that?" I asked as I pushed Tim away to listen. I heard more screams and then, I heard Ellie shout
