“Who sent them to your house?” I ask TJ.
“I’m not sure and I’m not really sure what they even wanted, but I’m just glad we made it out of that crazy situation,” answers TJ.
“What about your dad? Is he okay?” asks Phil to TJ.
“I’m not sure about that either. I want to check on him, but I don’t think going to MacDill is the best thing for me to do since I killed a couple of their soldiers,” answers TJ.
“Well stay safe and I’m glad you came here today,” I reply to TJ.
“Me too, I see the world in a different light after the soldiers attacked us and I almost lost O,” says TJ.
TJ and Odin get into TJ’s jeep and TJ exits Citrus Oaks.
“Man, what a crazy story,” says Phil as Phil and I walk down our main street and towards Shaun’s house.
“Yeah, I’m just glad they are okay. Especially Odin. He’s lucky to be alive,” I reply to Phil.
“What’s our next move?” asks Phil as we walk by Bobby G’s oak tree.
“What do you think should be our next move?” I answer Phil.
“I’ll check in with Shaun and Bakari and see what they say. I’m not sure what to do next, but I know we’ll have to get rid of the pastor’s dead body soon,” says Phil.
“Is it starting to stink?” I ask Phil.
“No, it’s just weird that we have a dead body in a freezer,” answers Phil.
“Yeah, but what do we do with it? Give it back to the church?” I ask Phil.
“We could do a drive by and leave the body with a note,” jokes Phil.
“Let me know what you find out and I’ll talk with you later,” I reply to Phil and then I enter my house.
I hear Lauren in our master bedroom, and I enter my master bedroom.
“I can’t believe the story TJ told us,” says Lauren as I enter my walk-in closet.
“Yeah, it was pretty crazy,” I reply as I remove my shoes and gear.
“Do you think the military will show up here?” asks Lauren as she stands up from sitting on the edge of our bed.
“Maybe, but let’s not give them a reason to come here,” I answer Lauren.
“What if they do though?” asks Lauren with a concerned tone.
I feel the concern in Lauren’s voice and I quickly answer, “Then we’ll listen to them and see what they want.”
“Do you think they know about our community?” asks Lauren.
I walk into my master bathroom and answer Lauren, “I’m sure they do, but we aren’t a threat to them.”
Lauren still seems very concerned and she stands at the doorway of our master bathroom and looks at me.
I dry my face with a towel and look at Lauren. I know she’s concerned, and I decide to tell her how I see the world.
“Look sweetie, we are doing pretty good all things considered. People will always want to take what we have and that’s never going to change… But we’ll keep fighting and working together on whatever or whomever comes at us,” I say to Lauren.
Lauren hugs me.
“I love you, forever and always,” I say to Lauren.
“Always and forever,” replies Lauren and then Lauren kisses me.
“I’m going to shower,” says Lauren.
“Okay, I’ll be in my man cave,” I reply to Lauren and then I exit my master bedroom, walk across my house, and enter my man cave.
I step into my man cave and sit down in a chair; I think about everything that has happened so far. I think about who I’ve met, who I’ve hurt, and what could be in store for me and our community.
I close my eyes and try to relax. I’ve been feeling more anxious lately, more so than my normal anxiety levels that I had before the zombies took over.
I ask myself, “Who will attack us here at Citrus Oaks and why?”
I do some breathing exercises and continue to try to relax. With my eyes still closed I start to see something, and it gets clearer and clearer to me.
I see a person, it’s a person that is leading a group of people. It’s a man and it’s Jacob, he’s with DK and they are planning something.
I open my eyes and see the bottle of tea that Isiah gave me. I didn’t drink any tea today, but I feel that I just saw a vision as it felt similar to what I have seen previously after drinking the tea.
I look around my man cave and I don’t see my radio or the walkie-talkie that DK gave me. I exit my man cave and decide to go over to Bobby G’s house.
I enter Bobby G’s house and see a radio and DK’s walkie-talkie sitting on the kitchen counter.
I pick up my walkie-talkie and think about calling DK as I’m worried that Jacob and DK could attack us or the Haven.
“Come in DK,” I say into my walkie-talkie.
I wait for the reply over the walkie-talkie and there is no reply.
I think about using the radio to call Brad, but I’m not sure that’s a good idea after our last radio conversation.
“Are you there DK?” I ask into my walkie-talkie.
A couple seconds go by and the no reply from DK starts to make me worry. I didn’t think DK would answer, but I had to give it a try.
I’m about to switch off the walkie-talkie to save the battery, when I hear over my walkie-talkie, “Why are you calling me?”
“I needed to talk with you,” I answer into my walkie-talkie.
“What do you want?” asks DK over the walkie-talkie.
“I want to know what Jacob is planning and if we should be worried since your group attacked
