PATIENT ZERO -The lone survivor
ressilife flashed before my eyeseverything went blackwhen the world fell silentmidnight train book
She wasn't asking me; she was asking the universe, praying this wasn't a cruel hallucination.
"It's me, Ma," I said. My voice sounded rusty, foreign in my own ears.
"No," my dad said, backing away slowly until he hit the wall. His face had drained of all color, leaving a grey mask of shock. "No. We saw the video, Baraka. It’s all over W******p. The truck... your leg..."
He couldn't finish the sentence. He pointed a shaking finger at my legs.
I looked down. The visual was horrifyingly confusing. The torn trouser leg ended abruptly, revealing a shin, ankle, and foot that were perfectly smooth, unblemished, and bare.