Our story pt2

Chapter 7: rumour has it

Bags darkened Trish's complexion as she pushed the pram with her newborn daughter wondrously gazing at the surrounding street it had been two days now since Mark went missing and despite the help from Beth and Jordon she occasionally felt like a single parent and after hearing of Jordon's encounter with the people hunting her eldest she was beginning to suspect that Mark wouldn't be sticking around to see his child grow into the princess they saw her as yawning she turned into their local shopping centre for a coffee and a much needed food shop shaking her head to ease her tiredness she groaned quietly when Franklyn's number flashed across her phone screen "hey I was beginning to think you forgot we existed" Trish said stifling a yawn as she reached the coffee machine

"Hey wow you sound rough you ok" Franklyn's voice replied Trish nodded and pressed for a strong black coffee as she yawned again "yeah we're fine I'm just tired I was up most of the night with the baby what's up" she asked as she watched her beverage filling her cup "have you seen the paper today" Franklyn asked hesitantly there was an edge to his voice that set her on edge and helped to wake her up "yeah cause I definitely still read the paper" Trish commented as she spotted the paper in question alarmingly she found it graced by her not so pretty face "well read it your face is all over the cover and so's Marks it's bad" Franklyn informed her harshly Trish was now fully awake and didn't feel so in need of her coffee

"What do you mean what are they saying" she asked lowering her voice as she made a bee line for the paper section "one word gensys" Franklyn stated as she reached for a paper "the CDC traced the source of the virus back to gensys and when it came out they issued a statement" Franklyn elaborated Trish's eyes widened in horror as she scanned the front page "while we are regretful to confirm that the disease originated here we feel we must clarify it was designed to be a cure for Alzheimer's that was in the testing phase when the quote monkey gate scandal occurred and subjects were released from the unit during the riot that took place in the facility a locked cabinet containing canisters of the drug ALZ115 was crushed allowing for the vapour to escape and infect nearby employees" Trish broke off when she saw her name had been mentioned as the instigator of the riot along with Franklyn's who had been in charge of the program

"Way to throw us under the bus Steven" she commented folding the paper and picking up a basket "you need to lay low when this gets out a lot of people are going to come for you I here the effects it's having are pretty bad apparently 15 people are dead already" Franklyn said sharply Trish scoffed and took a big swig of her coffee "what about you Robert your named as the engineer gensys may be trying to pin the release of the drug on me but your the one who made it have you spoke to Becky about this" Trish asked as she began noticing the suspicious looks and hostile people that seemed to be crowding around them "who do you think told me Becky's on her way to yours she's gonna help you pack in case you need to disappear" Franklyn told her Trish scoffed and shot a dirty look at a woman who was looking her up and down

"I'm not home right now just tell her to wait I gotta go I got a feeling something bads about to happen" Trish whispered before putting her phone in her pocket and tightening her grip on the pushchair she was about to grab a stack of pampers nappies when a young lad of around fifteen roughly barged into her Trish gasped as her knees gave out and she landed on the ground close to the shelves "excuse you" she retorted as she got her feet under her "fuck you say to me you fucking whore" the man shouted back at her "I said watch where your going you could've hurt me" Trish responded calmly as the lad turned on her clearly wanting a confrontation "you should be seen and not heard Bitch make sure you stay out of my way unless you want those diapers shoved up your ass" the lad shouted clearly not bothered that he was drawing attention to them