Nicky’s the one who actually lived there—or at least she and her dad moved in there when her mom kicked them out. She was the one who suggested we take shelter there. It’s not like we had a lot of other options and it seemed like a good idea at the time. But isn’t that always the case? The ideas that seem so good in the moment turn out to be the worst when everything is said and done? The Overlook—that’s the name of the apartment building—was a massive chunk of a structure that sat just outside the interstate loop circling Uptown (how pretentious does a city have to be to call it “Uptown” rather than “Downtown?”). It was made of concrete and half dug into a hill so that three sides had a long, thick foundation and the fourth faced the road. Most importantly, though, it was the closest place we could think to run when the outbreak began raging through the city. We’d been on a senior class field trip to Discovery Place when it happened. I’d just stepped outside with Nicky and I was thinking about how hard I’d worked to make sure I ended up partnered with her for this project and then BAM.
What do You think about What Once We Feared (2013)?
