She just thought if she ignored it, he would stop. George parked the car, turned to Kathy, leaned in and kissed her on the cheek. Then, he got out and...held the door open for her, they walked into school together and had to listen to the others making remarks.The day dragged on, George asked Kathy if she would like a ride home. So she wouldn’t have to take the bus. Kathy thought about it, smiled and said, “Yes, thank you, but you know I live in Hawthorne?”George just smiled, "Yes.”The drive was. All of us were frozen to death as to who it might be…We were horrified and I quickly grabbed my clothes and went to the bathroom. While Priya pulled over the quilt over her to hide her naked body. Neha on the other hand just draped over her nightgown and rushed for the door. She opened the door and there was her husband standing on the door all tipsy and he tumbled his way in. (now the story will be narrated by Neha) Neha: Oh it’s you. You took quite a lot time to come back homeAnd I hugged him. The Accent’s heater was just warm enough to keep the condensation off the windshield. It was certainly not enough to keep the passenger cabin warm enough to be comfortable.I locked the door, moved a chair in front of it, and I laid both the colt and the Taurus .22 mag on the end table. I even loaded and slid the newly purchased .12 ga Mossberg pump shotgun under the bed. It might be overkill, but nobody died from too many guns. Well nobody I knew. Cops or bad guys who tried to arrest me better. The really neat thing is that the news was reporting no fatalities from this outbreak. It was being heralded as the first season on record where the flu had been so light.Cathy was a simple housewife. She had two young ones at home and stayed with them while Matt went out and did work as a construction worker. This job was still mostly manual labor and required strength and stamina to complete tasks. Matt had bulked up since he and Cathy had been married. How could you not when you had to carry.