“Sarette, guard our backs!” Corec yelled. The two of them took positions at opposite sides of the group. As the zombies approached, Corec stepped ...way from the others, clearing enough room to maneuver his sword. He swung at the first of the creatures, hacking its arm off and cutting into its side. The zombie kept coming, not appearing to notice the injuries. Corec grunted, then swung the glowing sword in a wide arc, slamming it deep into the creature’s torso. The zombie went slack and slid off. He had gone off to a reunion of his Navy buddies in San Diego in the late fall, but that had been planned well in advance and he always liked going to those reunions. The only unusual thing that happened around then was that their regular guest, J. Harvey Kincaid, had shown up for his quarterly visit at a time other than when he was scheduled to visit. Always before Hugh had been there to take Kincaid on his regular elk hunting trip up on Hahn’s Peak. This time, since Hugh hadn’t been here,. Her whole pose was languorous, she oozed femininity, and it looked like she knew it. He went for broke.“Look, sis, I’m not that experienced, so I’m not sure what to do, but I don’t want all the sixth form girls talking about it. Who said what?”Ann realized she’d gone straight to the point, and some way past it. She backtracked.“Look, it was just a couple of comments I overheard when nobody realized I was listening. It’s just that….” She trailed off.“What?” Richard pressed on.“Just that, maybe. "Oh," said Lola, obviously disappointed. "He's not the one I'm looking for." He's not?" moaned the man. "Short, light brown hair? About this tall?" He held his hand at his own height."Kris has short, light brown hair," said Lola uncertainly. "And I guess he's about that tall."The man went on, trying to remember more detail, until Melissa finally held up her hand."Do you, by chance, have a picture of your boyfriend?" she asked Lola.Lola lit up and began digging into her purse immediately."Yes!".