System Of The Undead

Chapter 217: Allison’s Game

Bella was in her room, she was living with Allison so she used this opportunity to keep an eye on her because there were not many that could get this close to her without her guard being raised.

Allison was still at work but Bella had closed early as there wasn’t much to do outside.

She didn’t like the thought of it but she understood that something could happen at any moment.

She needed all the information she could gather and this was why she made the bold move of entering her room.

They both respected each other’s privacy and this would be a direct violation of the rules they had in place.

Bella stepped into her room and it was a lot different than she had imagined but there was nothing implicating.

There was no way that Allison would keep evidence out in the open, to begin with, she would be a lot smarter because while this might be her house, she had limited control over who came in or out.

Bella knew she needed evidence before she confronted Mariam about it or it would just be her words against Allison.

And if nothing was done after this, Bella knew Allison would treat her as a threat.

There was no escaping that fate so she had only one chance to get it once.

She began to search her room but she made sure it was at a slow pace so she could return everything exactly as she saw them.

Allison was observant, there was no way that she wouldn’t notice if something was moved out of place. freёweɓnovel.com

Bella searched until she reached a drawer that didn’t bulge, this made her suspicious about what was inside.

"Hm..." She thought but she realized that there was a place for a key, this furniture must have been brought in after they moved in because she didn’t remember her having it.

She tried to pry the drawer open but had no luck, she also began to search around for a key but there was nothing in sight.

"If I was Allison, where would I have kept it?" Bella pondered but the answer she came up with made her know that this might have to wait.

If she were Allison, she would never part with the key because whatever was inside this must be important. After all, this was the only drawer locked.

"Damn it..." Bella muttered, she left the room but did she truly cover all her tracks as she thought?

-

Allison was in her office, she had a stern look on her face like she had discerned something.

"That was strange..." Allison thought in regards to Jason’s visitation.

It felt too random, months of basically not talking and he comes in there to try and initiate sex?

Even while in a relationship with Rachel, Jason wasn’t that kind of man.

But Allison was well prepared for this, she had a habit of recording all her conversations with a cassette recorder, a reminder for the world that had just fallen but she also realized that she could pick up tones and words she might have otherwise missed.

It started as a harmless hobby and escalated into this and a knock on her door was heard.

"Right on time..." Allison muttered with a smirk.

"Come on in!" Allison commanded but her tone was stern or strict so it wasn’t one of her men.

"You wanted to see me?" Rachel questioned, she was informed the moment she returned that Allison wished to see her.

Rachel wondered why but she had no problems honoring this invitation.

"Yeah but first..." Allison paused as she got up to her feet and walked towards Rachel.

She had her arms open for a hug, they hadn’t seen each other in ages and Rachel cracked a smile.

She forgot that they weren’t strangers and she embraced the smaller woman.

"It’s been ages! How have you been!?" Allison was excited to see her friend but was this pretense? Well, Rachel couldn’t discern that, unfortunately.

"Hahaha! Really? You could have come over anytime," Rachel responded.

"I didn’t know if Jason would like that, you see..." Allison responded, her voice breaking.

This piqued Rachel’s curiosity because what problem could Jason possibly have with her?

"Jason? Ha! You don’t need to worry about him, we will be glad to have you over some time," Rachel responded.

"We? You’re still together?" Allison asked but this was where Rachel became confused, her brow arched up to convey this.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Rachel questioned but Allison tried to play it off.

Covering her mouth to show that she had said too much but she already had Rachel invested.

"I shouldn’t have said anything, I’m sorry," Allison apologized.

"Please sit..." Allison instructed but as she was walking back to her chair, a smile could be seen across her face.

She had drawn Rachel in here to do one thing alone and that was to cause a divide between her and Jason.

She had everything she needed to do that but she was taking her time

"Why did you want to see me?" Rachel asked, her tone becoming more suspicious.

"I want to tell you something... It is about Jason, he was here earlier..." Allison said but how did this have anything to do with anything?"

Jason was allowed to visit anyone he wanted to but she could tell that there was more.

"I don’t think you would believe it if I said it here..." Allison said, playing the cassette that had recorded their earlier conversation.

But she timed it just well enough to omit anything implicating that she may have said, this was genius and the disbelief on Rachel’s face was so satisfying.

"This is what you get Jason for trying to fuck with me," Allison muttered, this not only showed she was aware of Jason’s little test but was one step ahead.

She trusted Bella, she knew that Bella had caught on and even offered her a place by her side but Bella refused to.

This random visit by Jason could only mean one thing and that was Bella had slipped up.

And now, she was going to rock Jason’s world for him trying to manipulate her.

It was unknown why she was in contact with the Specters but it couldn’t be for anything good.

"Are you okay? I’m sorry, I didn’t want to tell you because I knew it would hurt you but if I was in your shoes, I would like to know," Allison said and Rachel smiled weakly.

"No, I’m glad you told me Allison and I’m sorry that Jason came onto you that way...." Rachel had one more question on her mind but she couldn’t ask it.

"I didn’t sleep with him Rachel, I could never do that to you," Allison responded and she could tell that Rachel was relieved but she could also feel the disgust in her eyes.

They had just had sex and Jason was rushing to dip his dick in another lady?

Did it mean nothing to him? He couldn’t even wait a bit longer?

Rachel’s mind was running with thoughts but her outward expression remained calm and composed.

"I should be on my way," Rachel said and Allison didn’t oppose this.

"If you ever need anything, let me know," Allison said and Rachel nodded.

"I will keep that in mind," Rachel said before leaving the room.

Allison rested on her chair, a smile on her face like the evil villain in a movie.

-

Mathias was working, grinding the herbs to make them into little pills so he could administer them orally, he was doing this all alone because he had to get it right.

There was no room for mistakes even though he was surrounded by volunteers.

"Jeez, you can’t do it all alone, you know..." Josephine walked in, startling him as he wasn’t expecting her.

"Oh Josephine, I thought you weren’t speaking to me," Mathias said as he kept on grinding. freewebnøvel.coɱ

"Yeah, I thought about it but seeing how hard you have been working, I thought I should cut you some slack..." Josephine responded and Mathias cracked a smile amidst his sweat.

Josephine walked towards him and noticed that the eye bags under his eyes were becoming visible.

"Trouble sleeping?" She asked but Mathias was so engrossed in what he was doing that he didn’t understand what she meant by this question.

"Your eyes... They have bags," Josephine said, knowing how conscious he was about his looks.

That was one of the things he prioritized if anything so seeing him in this state was a first.

"I bet you must be loving this," Mathias teased but Josephine didn’t find this funny.

"Is there any reason you aren’t sleeping?" She asked, gradually removing his hands from the tools he was using to grind the herbs so she could take over.

"It will bore you, there is no need to worry about it, I will be fine," Mathias shot down her offer to provide a listening ear to his plight because he knew there was no solution.

It started ever since the fire, Mathias watched people die and turn on each other, he didn’t know how many he condemned to death with his actions but when he closed his eyes, he could hear their screams even though this action inadvertently saved a lot more people as it kept the zombies confined within the buildings, allowing the fire to get rid of them or they could have entered the streets and start attacking people, not only increasing the infection but damage.

Mathias’ heart wasn’t in the right place when he did this, he didn’t think about any of this.

He did it because he was scared and this was the consequence of that decision.

"He was trembling..." Josephine thought to herself but she knew she couldn’t force him, what she could do was take some of the burden off his shoulders by helping out.