End of the World? I'm the Boss novel Chapter 64

Chapter 64 Child’s Bone

“Oh.”

Robin replied calmly, then stood and walked toward the balcony.

Finished:

Sure enough, the distance between this balcony and the convenience store next door wasn’t far. With the help of a pipe, it was possible to climb across.

“If you saw other people back then, why didn’t you go with them?” Robin asked.

“I wanted to,” the owner said, shaking his head. “But those people were too brutal. Like a gang of bandits. Their leader was huge, all muscles, looked scary as hell. And I think he even had a gun. How could I dare go with someone like that? What if he suddenly snapped and killed me?”

Robin and Ella exchanged a glance when they heard the word gun. In this country, guns were strictly controlled. Normal people would never have one. If they guessed right, the man he met was probably

Max

Robin pulled her gaze back from the convenience store and was about to turn around when something in the corner caught her eye.

Her expression sharpened. Making sure the owner wasn’t watching, she quietly walked over and slipped the item into her storage space.

Meanwhile, Ella picked up a framed photo from the bedside. For some reason, the woman in the picture looked familiar–like she had seen her somewhere before.

But she was sure she didn’t know her.

“That’s my wife and my child,” the owner said sadly. “Too bad… I’ll never see them again.”

Seeing how upset he looked, Ella didn’t press further. “My deepest condolences.”

The owner forced a bitter smile. “What else can I do? It’s already happened. I just have to accept it.”

He sighed, then added, “It’s getting late. Sorry for making you listen to all that. Do you two want to rest?

“This place doesn’t get many visitors. The rooms are clean. Maybe a little dusty, but no zombies. You can pick any room you like.”

Ella and Robin thanked him and went out to find a room.

Just like he said, aside from some dust, the rooms were pretty clean.

Ella sat down in a chair and sighed. “I don’t even know if that guy is lucky or unlucky. He survived, but he had to stay alone in a place like this for over a month.”

Robin’s voice turned cold. “Don’t believe everything he says.”

Ella froze. “Robin, what do you mean?”

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Chapter 64 Child’s Bone

Robin didn’t answer. Instead, she took out what she had found on the balcony.

Ella leaned in and frowned. “Is that a bone?”

“Yes.” Robin’s voice was icy. “And it’s a child’s bone.”

“What?”

Ella gasped.

A child’s bone? And it had clearly been cooked.

Finished

Fear crawled up her spine. Even her teeth started to tremble. “Robin, you’re not saying someone ate…”

The words stuck in her throat.

It had been over a month since the apocalypse started. Ella could face zombies calmly now. But this kind of evil from a living person was something else entirely.

“Not just someone,” Robin said coldly. “I found this on his balcony. And earlier, I also saw a toy car under his bedside table. It was clearly a kid’s toy. So I think…”

Ella sucked in a sharp breath, her whole body going cold.

“You mean this could be his son’s bone?”

The idea made her feel sick. The bone was left in the balcony corner–and it had been cooked.

Robin didn’t answer. She just looked at Ella steadily.

Ella shivered. The whole world suddenly felt twisted and unreal.

Then something clicked in her mind. “Robin, when I saw that family photo earlier, I thought the wife looked familiar. I just couldn’t remember where I’d seen her. But now that I think about it, doesn’t the female zombie downstairs–the one stuck in the glass door, wearing a work uniform–look a lot like her?”

Robin’s gaze turned sharp. “Not just similar. It might actually be her.”

The Golden Crest Hotel was small and remote. In places like this, the owner usually lived on–site–and the front desk was often run by the owner’s wife.

That matched what the man had said. His wife and child were both gone.

“But that doesn’t make sense…” Ella shook her head, instinctively rejecting the thought. “Didn’t he say there was food in the store next door? If he had food, why would he do something like that to his own son? Robin, maybe we’re overthinking this…”

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