Wandering Hearts

An Old Flame

A trickle of sweat raced down Georgie's forehead. "I see you found my lake house." The man announced.
Adam looked at Rachael's wound. She was shot in the waist. Adam put his hands on the wound and applied pressure to it.
"Alright Georgie let me reason with you on this one, I'll give you ten minutes for you and your muskaqueers to leave this area, but if you want to act like a hard ass then I'll kill all of you right now!" The man smirked.
"Come on Rachael please wake up!" Pleaded Adam. "I love you!" Adam whispered to her. He then felt a small nudge it was Rachael she was holding a handgun. "Take it!" She whispered. Adam slipped the gun into his pocket.
Everyone else was staring at Georgie so Adam saw his chance.
Adam quickly stood up and turned around. The man and Georgie both held guns to each other's heads. Two people out of the group behind the man were holding guns that were aimed at Georgie.
"Hey let's negotiate here, come on we're all still humans after all." Adam shouted.
The man nodded with an approval. "He's right some of us are still human." He said while staring at Georgie. Adam returned to Rachael's side and lifted her up. The woman from the other man's group quickly followed Adam. "I used to be a nurse," she told Adam as she looked at Rachael's open wound.
They went inside the house and Adam lay Rachael in on her bed.
The woman looked at her wound. "She's gonna be alright isn't she?" Adam asked her nervously. "I hope so," she replied.
They were then interrupted by a crashing sound followed by "You fucking asshole!"
Adam ran through the hall and down the stairs.
He went into the lounge and saw Georgie standing still and the man circling him. The man then sprung forward and smacked Georgie in the jaw he then shoved him in the ground. "YOU SHOULD FUCKING RESPECT ME!" The man roared in Georgie's face. Georgie stood up and walked up the stairs without making eye contact with Adam.
Adam walked over and looked the man straight in the eye.
"You touch anyone in this house again and I will peel your fucking face off," Adam stated. The man then poked him in the forehead and replied "Fucking try me!". Adam felt a small tickle of his clenched fist. It was a blue butterfly, Adam stared at it for a minute. Adam then pulled out his hand and spat a lump of saliva on it. The man stared at it. Adam raised his hand but at the corner of his eye he saw the young child of their group standing in the corner. Adam put his hand down and stared at the young child. He was vulnerable and defenseless compared to everything else in the world. The man then flung his fist and punched Adam in the jaw. Adam put his head back up but his vision was blurry and he felt disoriented. Then his vision and hearing kicked in again. "SEE YOU PUSSY THATS WHY NO ONE MESSES WITH ME!!!!" The man roared. Adam turned around and staggered upstairs. He walked down the hall while clutching his nose hoping to stop the blood from pouring out.
He was walking past Georgie's room but stopped. He could hear gasping. Adam walked into his room and looked around. The bed wasn't made and had guns lying on it as well as broken glass from the picture he smashed earlier. Adam then looked opened the bathroom door. "Georgie are you okay?" Asked Adam. Georgie was leaning his hands against the sink and was breathing heavily. "You don't understand what he's gonna do to us!" Warned Georgie. "Like what?" Georgie showed Adam his arm. It had about twenty scars running through it. "He did this?" Adam said. "He di..... Georgie then vomited into the sink. He then cleared his throat and finished with "He's dangerous." Georgie then closed the bathroom door so Adam left.
Adam stepped into Rachael's room. She was just lying without any movement. "How is she?" Adam whispered. The woman handed Adam an open bible. Adam began to read the phrase she circled it read
Be strong and courageous.
Do not be frightened by them,
For the Lord will be by your side
No matter what.
Adam lifted a brief smile and just as he did a blue butterfly flew over to the Bible and landed on another verse in the Bible. It read
I am the living;
I am the dead
and now look
I'm alive for ever!
And I hold the keys of death and hades.
Adam put the Bible on the night stand next to Rachael's bed.
He then knelt down beside Rachael's bed and held her hand. He closed his eyes.

Adam's younger brother was called Andrew and he was 7 years younger than Adam. It was said that the bullying started around the time that Adam left for law school and lasted about three and a half years until Andrew couldn't handle anymore of it.
Adam had just moved back to his hometown and was renting out a cheap apartment. He was  struggling to find clients and no clients equals no money.
Then one day he forget his phone in his parents house and couldn't find it anywhere eventually he checked the bathroom for it but got more then he bargained for.

Adam opened his eyes again and looked at Rachael. There was no improvement. Adam then heard a creaking sound come from behind him. He turned around only to find the man leaning against the doorframe.
"I think we got off on the wrong foot earlier," he stated. Adam ignored him and called continued looking at Rachael. "My names Austin and as you might know I'm also Georgie's uncle," he continued. Adam ignored him again. Austin then hit the doorframe and said louder "Don't fucking ignore me!" Adam stood up and walked out of the room. On his way out Austin blocked him. "Say hello Austin!" He demanded. Adam gave him a dirty look and shoved his way through him.
As Adam walked down the hall he heard Austin yell "You don't have the authority to run this place you know!"
Adam walked down the stairs and into the lounge. He grabbed a stack of tapes that were sitting next to the television and brought them upstairs to his room. He turned on the television and popped in the tape. He pressed play and watched the video.
The video began with Austin adjusting the camera and then stepping backwards to revealed a younger Georgie standing on his knees. Austin then looked into the lens of the camera and smiled, he then picked up a leather belt that was lying on the wooden chair in the corner. He then knelt down and started whacking Georgie's back.
Adam quickly turned off the tv but then got uncontrollably sick all over his room.

Reading over this chapter again I realized that some of the parts were cringey but I'll try and avoid this in future. I have also decided to make the story 15-20 chapters long and then make it a trilogy of three stories following Adam's life after the outbreak.