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dragged Dom ’s body into Brad’s apartment . Then after some thought I moved Rosie in there too.

Chapter Two: Ruby Tuesday
     
    When I got back to the apartment, Rosie’s cell phone was ringing again. It had woken the baby and she was throwing a tantrum. I ran into the bedroom and found the phone wedged between the headboard and mattress.
    It was Blaze. “Chris” he said. “T hank fuck, I‘ve been trying to get you for hours. You okay, man? Is Rosie okay? What’s that noise in the background? Is that a baby crying? What the…?
    “Blaze, Blaze, slow down. Do you know what’s going on? How’d you get through to me? All the phones are down.”
    “Well , I got fifteen of the fucking things, innit .” Blaze said in his British accent that had always sounded slightly fake to me. “This is the last one that works but I don’t know for how long, so shut up and fucking listen, alright.”
    “Yeah .”
    “Now listen, I don’t know a lot, but here’s what I do know, stay off the fucking streets, okay. There’s a shit storm going on down here. Police, army, national guard, the shebang. It’s out of fucking control, man.”
    “What is this shit? Does anyone know? ”
    “You haven’t seen on the TV?” I adm itted that I hadn’t. “Well, don’t both er. Turned it all off now haven’t they. Wouldn’t want a panic?” Blaze laughed and broke into a coughing fit.
    When he recovered his composure, he said , “Now listen, you keep yourself safe, you keep Rosie safe. Get some water and some food, get a gun if you can. Lay low until the y get this under control. ”
    “ Get what under c ontrol? T he army? The National Guard? What the hell’s going on Blaze ? Why aren’t they telling us what’s going on? ”
    “All I know is this, brother. It started at the hospital, not Mount Sinai, the small one.  Not St Vincent’s, that’s closed now, innit?”
    “Lenox Hill.”
    “Yeah, that’s the one. Anyway, that’s where it started. Some nip tourist was brought into the emergency room and attacks a nurse. I mean, rips her fucking face off is what I heard. The n, details a bit sketchy here, h ospital security shoots the poor ba stard, but not before he makes s ushi out of a few of them too. Next thing you know, there’s a riot, patients, doctors , staff, the shebang. The cops get called in and before you know it it’s spilling out into the streets.
    “ They think it’s some kind of virus or something. People are fucking killing each other, slaughtering each other on the streets. They’re fucking eating each other like in some fucking Zombie movie.
    “ Whatever you do don’t get bitten, this stuff is as contagious as the clap, and a whole lot more serious. W e ’ve been sealed in. Quarantined. A ll the bridges closed , tunnels jammed with traffic . They got the coast guard patrolling the rivers. They got tanks in Times Square for Christ’s sake.”
    “W hat about you ? You okay? ”
    “ I sound like I’m okay to you? Like I said, you lay low. Look after that lovely wife of yours. It will all blow over. And don’t get yourself hurt playing no fucking hero. I got plans for you , brother. Who knows , maybe even a title shot.
    “ Listen, before this fucking thing cuts off. I’m heading out to the park. It’s only a few blocks. The army has got a base set up there. They got doctors , the CDC, the shebang. I heard they got some kind of refugee camp . I’m gonna head out there and I’ll make sure they send out a patrol to get you. You be cool brother, stay low. I’ll…”
    The line went dead. I tried redialing but there was no signal. I never spoke to Blaze again.  
     
    Th e baby had worn herself out and was quiet now. Ruby, Rosie had called her. Ruby was the name we were going to give our daughter but I didn’t want to call her that because…b ecause I knew what I had to do.
    I went over to her now. She was lying on the bed squirming around , the way normal babies do. She looked at me and seemed