Zombies SEVEN Mission Viejo, California Dawn.Rick roused from a fitful sleep, coming to sudden wakefulness in the upstairs hallway.He looked around bleary-eyed, then realized where he was. He’d fallen asleep on the hallway floor between Richard and Melody’s bedrooms.He lay back on the floor, feeling a wave of desperation wash over him. The realization of what had happened last night was forefront on his mind. The noise from outside told him last evening had not been a dream.Off in the distance was the sound of hundreds of car alarms. The house smelled of smoke from a fire burning in the hills of the Saddleback Mountain region. Rick had retreated upstairs after raging through the living room last night shortly after receiving that phone call from Melody and Richard. After the connection had been broken and he’d been unable to reach them again, he’d tore through the house, yelling in rage and frustration. Princess had cowered in the downstairs bathroom. After experiencing the terror of not being able to get in touch with his kids, Jeanette had called him from Lancaster.
