The stubborn Peter

I had turned on the corner from the hall to the living room by the time I heard the scream so I had to rush back. There. Peter my stubborn guy was bitten by the woman he was so sentimental about on his forearm.

"You bitch. I will kill you." He was so angry that he did not care about anything. He took the spade lying on top of Esther and hit the woman till her head became pieces. The sight was not pleasant. If it were any other time I would have thrown up but things have changed.

Old Kibali, his wife and James the owner of the warehouse opened the door from outside and entered. James Kemeli seemed to have never seen such a sight since the beginning

"Oooh. What a mess. Who would buy my foodstuff if they saw all this disgusting sight." The first thing that came to his mouth after seeing the bodies on the ground was not how sorry he was. That was a limit for me

"If you value your food stuff so much. Why not load them on the Lories outside and go sell them. Let's see who you find to sell them to." I said what was in my heart. His attitude was so irritating. If given a chance, I would have hit him hard on the head

Looking at the pale peter. I rushed to the corner of the dining to look for a sharp kitchen knife I saw lying on the ground. Cutting his arm was the only option we had for now before the poisonous substance get pumped to his heart.

I stepped on the bodies on the floor and reached peter. Old Kibali saw right through my plan and he rushed to me

"Let me do it. I have a bit of an experience with this. Go lit fire and place the knife on fire. He said to me looking at the arm. He took a very strong string attached to his waist and tightened a place on Peter's arm. He wanted to make sure he got rid of as much poison as possible. There was also a possibility the poison had long traveled to some other part of his body though little.

Without thinking he took the big sharp knife from the ground positioning Peter's hand on the ground. Peter was scared. He was trembling. His face showed how confused unresigned to his coming fate. But there was nothing he could do. It was better for him to have one arm than losing his life.

I rushed back with red hot knife. Blood was spaying from Peter's hand he was screaming maniacally. Old Kibali had stuffed big piece of cloth on his mouth. She handed over the red knife to him. He took it and professionally place on the newly cut arm. I could not look at him.

He screamed even louder and fainted

"Get him to the room and make sure his wound does not get an infection. It will take a very long time for it to heal completely as long at its clean and not infected." He said finishing patching and bandaging the wound

Looking at the arm on the ground, my heart shuddered. Your life was not a guarantee at that moment. You could die at any moment.

James, old Kibali and I helped to get rid of the bodies. We had no option but to get them out of the room towards the last fence in the compound. That was the safety and furthest we could get. The environment had changed and there were signed of smoke everywhere in the atmosphere from the different area.

Coming back inside, I took a bucket and a mob from the bathroom and started cleaning every corner of the house. It was a huge house. I wondered why he thought of hiding it behind the warehouse. Nobody would know there was a huge house behind the warehouse

After everything was done and clean, James called for a meeting in the dining hall. The plastic chairs were arranged again as if nothing happened except for the broken few at the corner

"I know I have been an ass but I hope you guys will forgive me. The pandemic has come too fast that I had not accept. Looking at the young ma losing his arm right in my presence was a wakeup call. "James started looking really ashamed on his actions

"Miss Emma. I am sorry. I hope you see me as a human being that I am." He said looking at me. I had no words to tell him but I was glad he was back to his senses.

"It's night and we don't know what the night hold or what tomorrow will bring to us. What do you suggest we do here?" He asked us. Old Kibali was seated holding his gun as if nothing involved him right next to James. His wife Mrs. Kibali was also looking at James as if seeing an alien

"Well. For not this is the safest place we have got. There is plenty of water, food and security. But it won't be for long, as long as people know this place has got food, they will come for it sooner or later." Mrs. Kibali analyzed and we all looked at each other. She was right. Food production has stopped since the pandemic. More and more people were dying. Soon, hunger would be an issue that will drive people against each other

" So what do you suggest we do?" Mr. James asked looking at Old Kibali hopping he will chip in.

" Well. As my wife said, that would be a big issue. It would be best if we could reinforce the area and have some of the food hidden somewhere if attacked they would not find

" What about having the food loaded in lories and be ready to take off when things become hot" I suggested looking at the situation. That was the only thing that could come up on my mind