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You bring up your favorited contacts and dial Jaime. The phone rings six times with no answer, then voicemail clicks on. You leave a message for Jaime asking him to call back anytime. Immediately, you receive a text message, and Jaime tells you to try him on your CB radio, SSB channel 40. You haven't used the CB much since he gave you one (he won two in a state fair). You run up to your bedroom, locate the radio, blow off a layer of dust, and head downstairs.

On channel 40, you announce yourself and hear Jaime's unmistakable baritone voice in reply.

"Believe in zombies now?" he asks.

"It's hard not to."

"Colorado was hit hard, along with Philadelphia and Miami. It's spreading fast, though. Anyway, how are you?" he asks in a more serious tone.