. . . . despite he is a zombie now, the dad keeps his son in his house. He does not want any harm to come to his son and he does not want his son to harm anyone else, which is why he does not let him outside. He tries not to talk about him much because the neighbors get suspicious. . . .What if the son got out? What if the son turned the father into a zombie too? . . . Even though he still loved his son, he had to keep his distance from him. He would make sure he stayed in his room and checked on him now and then to make sure he had not escaped somehow. If he did escape, who knows what would become of him. Although the father was torn he could not keep a close relationship with is son any longer, and was abridged to keeping him locked up like an animal in a cage, he tried his best to take good care of his son. For food, he cuts up large chunks of meat, which he prepares himself after buying an entire cow. His son tends to eat a lot; he has nothing better to do. Some of the neighbors will peek cautiously through the window and see him cutting up all the meat. They then, of course, spread rumors that the father cuts up human bodies to feed his son; after all, zombies do eat people, right? Except what they do not know is, his son is very fond of beef, and although the sight of him butchering a cow is quite gruesome, the father then cuts those large meaty chunks into delicate pieces, cutting off the bone and fat while adding a light seasoning to the beef; just the way his son always loved it. He would place it proficiently upon a designer plate, along with some garnish, and serve it like a chef. The father likes to think his son still appreciates the gesture, to show he still loves him. At night, the father gives his son a fluffy pillow and blanket, though he is not sure if he uses it or not because they often are nearly destroyed by morning. Before he goes to bed, the father pleads and pleads to have his beloved son back, to find some way to break the horrid curse.
~ Alyssa Schnell
