"They declared a state of emergency this afternoon while I was napping," Kathy said. "There are videos gone viral all over the net of zombies maurauding through the Chinese Theater on Hollywood. People are calling it some kind of terrorist attack for now, but..." She shook her head. "It was a slaughterhouse. And I was sleeping."

I've tried so hard and got so far but in the end, it doesn't even matter

Was there some kind of distortion on the line? Kathy frowned at her phone.