There was a glint in the elderly woman's eyes that Billy couldn't ignore. The old woman was perceptive as always. It was obvious who had the brains between the two elderly people, and Billy didn't need to say who it was. However, that didn't mean he was going to give in without a fight. He narrowed his eyes as he carefully considered his next words."I think I have an idea, but I don't want to say it without Jacqueline's permission," he said slowly.The elderly woman narrowed her eyes. Now he had thrown the ball into Jacqueline's court. If the old woman pushed him to speak, she would be disregarding Jacqueline's feelings on the matter. If Jacqueline refused to give permission and the elderly woman chose to listen to her, then she wouldn't be able to get her answers."Don't fight," Jacqueline said. "I'll talk."Billy frowned. That wasn't what he expected or wanted. He had been counting on her to stay quiet and ask everyone to leave her alone about the topic. Would she really tell them
Jacqueline really knew how to surprise Billy. He hadn't expected her to ask him how to kill people out of all things. It was unlike her, but honestly, how well did he know her? He only knew her based on what he had seen and heard in each loop and back at the company. She could still be hiding a lot of things about herself. Well, he supposed it didn't really matter."Are you sure?" he asked.She hesitated. "Yes. We're going to have to kill more people in the future, and I don't want to hesitate."While he could argue that they didn't necessarily have to, he was realistic. He couldn't say that it would never happen. There was always a chance they would have to go out and be forced into a situation where they had to kill someone to save themselves. Besides, it wasn't like he had a problem with killing a person as long as it was for his own needs."It won't be easy," he said."I'll do my best," Jacqueline said as she stared at him with earnest eyes.Billy sighed. "That's not what I meant.
Luckily, the elderly couple didn't seem to find anything and left him be for the time being. However, he wasn't foolish enough to believe that they were going to let it go that easily. As he trained Jacqueline, he didn't fail to notice how they would occasionally check up on them to see what they were up to. Of course, they passed it off as being curious about what they were doing.Billy, on the other hand, knew better. They were obviously trying to find clues about what they were hiding from the elderly couple. Jacqueline seemed to pick up on it too, as she was careful not to let anything slip. Whenever the elderly couple sprung a question, they were able to give a reasonable answer or deflect it to keep them from pushing.Eventually, things came to a head when Billy said, "I think you're good enough now. I can't teach any more without some first hand experience."The elderly man pounced and said, "You better not be thinking about going out. I know you said you've been training so yo
The familiar face of his manager was in Billy's face as the man demanded, "Are you listening?"Billy stared at him for several seconds before promptly throwing up. The man screamed in outrage as he stumbled back to avoid the projectiles. Unfortunately, he was unsuccessful. As the man cursed and the other people in the room panicked over what was happening, Billy was wracking his mind for a clue to what was happening.If he was in this place again, that meant that he had restarted back to the beginning. The problem was that he couldn't quite remember what had killed him. The last thing he remembered was that a sudden wave of zombies had hit the house again. This time, they hadn't hesitated to throw themselves at the building, desperate to get inside.He also recalled that there were also survivors who had also been there. The strange part was that he wasn't sure how or when they got there. His mind was a bit hazy on the details, which wasn't like him. Billy could easily recall the prev
Billy slapped his ex wife's hand away, causing everyone to stare at him in shock. He scoffed at the look she was giving him. Why was she so surprised? Did she really think he would never find out about her infidelity? She must have really thought he was a brainless fool if that was the case. In all honesty, she had been right to think he wouldn't catch on until the proof was right in front of his face."Billy?" she said as she held her hand to her chest. "What's gotten in to you?""Do you really think I don't know what's going on between you two?" he said as he motioned with his head between the two of them. "I already know that you two have been seeing each other behind my back."She stared at him with wide eyes, acting all innocent, making the muscles in his jaw twitch. He was getting annoyed with her innocent act. She had already been found out. There was no reason for her to pretend anymore. The man she had been talking to had gotten out of his seat and rushed to his ex wife's sid
Billy's mother in law screamed as she rushed towards her husband, hoping to save him. He decided to leave her be and deal with the others. The servants had already bolted as they screamed their heads off. Ignoring them, he focused his attention on his ex wife and her man. Surprisingly, the man didn't choose to run. Instead, he stepped in front of his ex wife like he was acting as a shield.He scoffed. He was even more convinced that this couldn't be real since he knew very well that the real version wouldn't hesitate to abandon his ex wife to her death. He had seen it happen before, but they would die all the same. Nothing would change that. As he stalked towards them, Jacqueline suddenly ran up to block his path."Drop the knife, Billy," she said as she trembled in front of him.This caused Billy to frown. Other than Jacqueline choosing to side with his ex wife and her family, she acted like her usual self. If she was really different from the original, shouldn't she have turned tail
Billy jolted up the moment he felt his body hit the ground. He hissed as he scanned his surroundings with wary eyes. It looked like he was back in the street in front of the elderly couple's house. It seemed that his idea had worked. He had been jolted back to reality from his fall. He had been concerned that he might accidentally kill himself, despite how carefully he had considered how to fall.Accidents happened after all. As he stood up, he swung the knife in his hand to stab a zombie lunging at him. Well, this wasn't the time to be daydreaming. There were zombies to kill. He scanned the area to pick out where Jacqueline and the elderly couple could be. Now that he was back in reality, he could remember exactly what happened.After the announcement from the system, they had been hit by a zombie wave. Billy and Jacqueline had no choice except to go out to handle it. While they were in the middle of dealing with the zombies, a group of surivors had suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"You should leave," Billy said after several moments of silence."We will not," the elderly man said. "We won't let you kill her."Billy looked the old man in the eye and asked, "Then are you going to let her suffer? Can't you see that she's in a lot of pain? At the very least, you won't have to see her die if you leave right now."As the elderly man was about to snap, the elderly woman placed a hand on his shoulder, and he stared at her in confusion. "Dear?""He's right. We can look away from reality, but it's not going to change anything," the old woman said.Despite how hard she was trying to put up a front, they could all see her hands shaking from the anger and frustration that they all shared. For several long moments, no one spoke another word. Suddenly, Jacqueline coughed up more blood before moaning in pain as she clutched her injury. At the sight of her pitiful state, the elderly couple looked at her in anguish.Finally, the old man said, "Fine. We'll be in the other room."