Demonspawn (49 page)

As the walking corpses milled about, Aaron
looked again at Frank's gun. He thought about putting the barrel in
his mouth and pulling the trigger.

None of it was fair at all. Frank and Margie
had finally opened up about their relationship. Joe and Denise were
about to do the same. Aaron felt it. He wanted to be with them,
wherever they were. He didn't want to be without his family in the
world of the dead.

But he couldn't do it.

His father wouldn't want Aaron to kill
himself. Joe taught Aaron how to do everything, to take care of
himself. He wanted his son to have a long life.

So that's what Aaron would do.

He left the clothing store, pushing a corpse
to the ground as he did so. “Fuck you all.”

Aaron looked at the streets of Walton one
last time before he left. He half-expected the undead to pounce on
him at any second, right as he started to relax.

That would never happen.