In fact, it was totally unnecessary. The moment I started into my rehearsed explanation about helping a friend in need Friday night, they diverted the topic to ZombieMall. They were dying to dish the deets. “Be glad you got out of there when you did,” Adriana said. “The zombies got faster as the night went on.” Caro nodded. “It was insanity. Can you believe Alistair and I survived until the end? Only eight of the two hundred people did.” “Congrats. How’d Rory do?” Caro rolled her eyes. “When the guy in charge realized Rory wasn’t one of the actors, he told him to get out of the game. All the actors are insured, and Rory was getting a little too hands-on with his victims. But Rory just ran off and hid, then came out a few minutes later in a different zombie costume. By the end, a few of the zombies were chasing him.” I laughed. “Can’t believe I missed that.” I turned to Adriana with a wry smile. “Was being bitten by a zombie everything you hoped it would be?”
