Chapter 14 : Questions

Parking my car in front of the morgue, I got out and stretched my sore body. It was sometime around noon, reminding me of my empty stomach and how I'd barely consumed any food over the past two days. I'd been so focused on surviving the tsunami waves of Zaine—and by extension his brother— I'd forgotten about all other bodily functions. Before I headed back to the motel, I'd stop at the gas station and grabbed me and Zaine something to eat. He probably didn't need to eat regular food, but it was worth a shot at being polite. If anything, we'd both get a kick out of it and laugh. Pushing the double doors open, I stepped into the cool lobby and looked around. It was empty at the front desk with no other life signs seeming to be anywhere. It was kind of ironic in a sense but made for an annoying process to try and figure out what the fuck I was supposed to do. After giving up on waiting for five minutes, I headed around the desk and pushed open the door to the back ro