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Jane’s eyes were closed but Alex knew she was far from falling asleep. He gently stroked her bare shoulder.

“Hey, it’s gonna be fine.”

“You weren’t there at the lab,” she snapped back almost instantly. Her eyes fluttered open. “Sorry, I’m just...”

“Don’t worry, I’m sure-”

“I’m just so scared, Alex.” Her breathing grew shallow as she rolled to her back, freeing herself from his arms. “Fuck. I’ve never felt so helpless in my entire life. They told us to what? Stay put? While half of my family is God knows where?”

Even though he wasn’t holding her anymore, she felt Alex tense up.

“Do you think Suzy and Zach are sleeping?” he whispered.

She turned her head away from him, hiding her dampening eyes. She spent the whole evening watching her daughter desperately trying to contact her friend Macey, who went to Sunset Valley to visit her grandmother.

“I don’t know anything anymore.”

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“Sunset Valley?” Suzy felt her mouth go dry as she stared at her mother in disbelief. She turned to Alex, waiting for some kind of reaction. His face was like a brick wall.

It was a joke.

“Over the past ten hours, six cases of the virus were reported there,” Jane said, not a trace of amusement in her voice. “They quarantined the whole town.”

Some fucking joke.

“Oh, come on - Sunset Valley is not that close to Aelview.” Zachary rolled his eyes, putting on his best ‘this-doesn’t-concern-me’ expression. He was nervous. “Besides, I’m sure they have this under control, right?”

The deafening silence that followed was answer enough.

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“Is everyone home?” was the first thing Jane said upon stepping into the hall. She dropped her bag onto the floor, scattering a stack of carefully sorted documents across the panels. “I called mum and dad, but they’re at Mabel’s and-”

She was cut off by Alex’s embrace. His arms wrapped around her tightly as she pressed her cheek to the side of his head, trying to calm down. Falling into a panic was not an option.

Over his shoulder, she saw Suzy and Zach peek into the room. The uneasy atmosphere seemed to have taken its toll on them as well.

“Mum?” Suzy chewed on her thumb anxiously. “What’s going on?”

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the day of: june 6

Alex stared blankly at the TV screen. The anchorman’s mouth was moving but he couldn’t hear anything. Only three words pounded in his head.

Outbreak, virus, emergency.

He reached for his phone and tried calling Jane. She hanged up after two signals. A few seconds later she messaged him.

“Can’t talk right now. Important meeting. Don’t leave the house.”

“Suzy, Zach?” His voice must have sounded weird because the twins appeared in the doorframe almost immediately. Zachary was chewing some candy. Alex cleared his throat. “Would you be so kind as to sit in the dining room until your mother comes back from the lab?”

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