Unholy Nightmare

We've been on the road for hours and I'm already missing the comfort Otis' house brings to me but I have to see why he's having me go to this place. Is there some grand reason or something mystery about the location that he jut couldn't tell me in all those letters? I hate how he has to surprise me with shit when he knows that I don't like them anymore. I looked ahead as a town came into view. I really needed to stop and let Cujo get some exercise and I think we all could use a break just to stretch our legs and maybe get something to eat.

"Can we stop at the town up ahead?" I asked as I let a cigarette.

"Why? Shouldn't we keep moving?"

"We should but I think it would be best for all of us if we get out and walk and maybe get us something to eat before continuing on." I stated blowing smoke from my mouth as I spoke.

"Yeah you're right." Matt signaled to the others that we were stopping. He pulled up in front of a store and cut the engine. I got out letting Cujo and Bella out and they started sniffing around and doing their business. I shook my head and grabbed my bag along with my weapon from the car. I walked around scouting the area making sure it was secure.

"Hey, we're going into the grocery store to see if there's anything we need. Do you need anything?"

"Uh yeah grab 4 bags of dog food. I'm heading over to the CB shop." I said walking away with Cujo right behind me. I pushed the door open slowly and Cujo went in first. He didn't sense any kind of threat so I lowered my weapon and looked around for something that would benefit us all. I turned on of the corners and both sides of the isle were covered with radios. They were high tech police radios so I grabbed 6 of them. I set them to a certain channel and I hooked one of them to my belt. I left the shop and went over to the grocery store to join the others. I propped my rifle on my shoulder as I walked through the store looking for anyone and eventually I found Matt. He was in the dog food isle filling up half of the cart he was pushing.

"Hey did you find anything in the CB shop?"

"Yeah. Give these radios to everyone else. We can communicate easier this way." I said placing the 5 radios into the cart.

"They're set to channel 6 so please keep them on that. I'll be over at the pharmacy getting any medicines we might need."

"Brian already went over there and grabbed everything we needed." Matt said as he hooked on of the radios to the waist of his jeans.

"He might have missed something." He didn't need to know about my condition. I wasn't bit or anything.

"He rarely misses things we need."

"I would still feel better is I went and checked." I said and he nodded. I walked off and went straight to the pharmacy. I hopped over the counter and checked each shelf until I found what I needed. I grabbed box after box of albuterol inhaler refills and I put them into my bag. I took the last box and opened it and slipped the small metal bottle into the applicator. I took two hits off of it before slipping it into my pocket for quick access.

"You have asthma?" I jumped out of skin at the sound of Jimmy's voice.

"Are you spying on me?"

"No it's more like following. Matt asked me to check on you." he said leaning against the counter.

"I don't need to be checked up on. I'm perfect capable of handling myself. I have for years."

"Why didn't you tell us?" he asked in all concern.

"My problems are no ones business."

"That's no excuse Vi. Asthma is a very serious condition." he said and I knew he was telling the truth. There had been several times when I was younger that my parent had to rush me to the emergency room because of a flare up with my asthma.

"Yeah I know but I don't want to be followed around and babied because of some medical condition that I can control."

"When was the last time you had an asthma attack?" he asked curiously.

"2 months after I turned 15. So that's been almost 5 months ago."

"You could still have a flare up anytime. I've dealt with this before with my sister so I know what an asthma attack looks like and so do the others. If you don't tell Matt about this...then I'll have no choice but to do it myself." he said before leaving me alone. I know how this is going to go down as soon as Matt knows about my asthma. He's gong to say something to the others and they all will keep watch on me like I've been a victim of a flesh eater. I don't want to have anyone distracting me.

Notes

Comments? So thanks for letting me know that you want this to continue by commenting so please please please keep the comments coming in. Do you all think that Violet will inform Matt about her condition or will Jimmy be forced to do it?