Massacre at Lonesome Ridge: A Zombie Western (20 page)

"Careful, Hannah," Connor admonished. "She's still weak. Let's get her inside."

Doc Whitman's house had been cleaned up, but the door to his office remained shut.

"I'll put the kettle on," Hannah said as she settled Abby into a chair.

"What are we doing here?" Abby glanced around. On the wall between the windows, she noticed a photograph of her family, the one that had been hanging in their main living area. She remembered the day it was taken. Her father had saved for a long time to afford it and her mother had been in such a tizzy about Wyatt's dirty face.

Hannah grinned as she set a cup in front of Abby. "This is our home, now. Becky is going to live with us, too."

"I hope you don't mind." Connor raised an eyebrow at her, asking for her opinion.

Abby stared at the photograph, then her sister, before looking back at the sheriff. "It's great. A new start, a new life."

****

Eddie Clark sat on a hillside overlooking the prairie below. It had been his favorite place ever since he was a little boy, even though the tracks the railroad had put in a few years ago marred the beautiful landscape. His nose curled as he saw one of the offensive locomotives come into view out of the corner of his eye.

"Stupid trains," he mumbled. "I wish they would all just blow up."

He had barely voiced the thought when fire erupted from the smoke stack. He saw the explosion before he heard it. The locomotive at the front blew apart. Metal pieces flew out in every direction. The cars behind it screeched as they suddenly lost speed. The first one smashed into what was left of the locomotive and flipped over. It pulled the cars behind it off the tracks. The effect was spectacular.

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