She checked her buzzing phone and saw the alerts and messages warning citizens to not look at the sky. As she walked into the kitchen her husband turned to face her from the open window, with an expression she could not understand.
He could not stop, despite the pain and exhaustion he felt in every inch of his body. But his decaying body shambled forward, his mind aware but unable to stop himself from tearing down the barricaded door.
She had told him she had a skeleton in her wall, which he thought was an odd joke but laughed for the sake of their first date. He woke up to see her filling in the gap on the other side of the wall, telling him he would prove her right eventually.