His thoughts went back to the fireworks display he and his brother had put off at the Fourth of July party. It had been a risk, setting those off, since they hadn’t known at the time how the infected would react. It seemed most likely that the lights and sounds would attract them all to the gates of Sing Sing, but… they hadn’t. The zombies had been distracted by the display instead, which was… interesting.
Now wasn’t the time to contemplate the whys and the hows. This was supposed to be a romantic moment. His smile grew. “Really too bad. If we had fireworks, we might not have to deal with zombies at all during this trip.”
“Until then, we’ll just have to fight over battery-powered fans and the swimming pool.” The heat was awful. It was really no wonder many people back at Sing Sing tended to be more active at night, when it was cooler. “Or else we can all squish ourselves into the infirmary and vet clinic. Those are probably the coolest places in the whole compound.” He smirked, then laughed at her joke. “I’m sure something like a solar powered AC will happen in our lifetime. We might have gone back to something like the Stone Age, but we’ve still got those technological advances.”
“Don’t you question my sanity anyway?” Elliot asked, quirking an amused eyebrow. “We totally buried those two, didn’t we? Evan should’ve known better not to challenge us to a game.”
Elliot nodded. Apart from a few comments, Leah was mostly keeping to herself and her daughter. He sort of wished she’d join in on the fun group things, but at the same time… he was glad she wasn’t. She tended to make things awkward and that wasn’t needed on this vacation. Elliot returned Rae’s loving smile with one of his own. “It’s nice to actually get some time alone together again. Kind of like when we went to Bellevue. The only neighbor we had to deal with then was David and he was fairly quiet. Felt like it was just the two of us. You and me.”