Week 25: Your Ad Here

In case Matthew actually thought I was dead, I took some measures to try to get the word out.

First, I decided to sneak off to the next town north of us, Santee. I got up before sunrise and I left Brenda and the Dead Dozer behind. After a brief altercation with some meat puppets I found a temporary vehicle and drove north.

My goal was to advertise the fact that I am still alive. I gathered some paint and brushes from the local hardware store and went to work. “Matthew, this is your father and I am still alive. Escape if you can.” I painted this message on just about every flat surface I could find, billboards, storefront windows, whatever.

Now I will sneak back to the shelter I left Brenda in and tomorrow morning we will leave town as normal. Hopefully I am right and Mike has been following us all this time. If so we will lead Mike straight to Santee and with any luck Matthew will see my message before Mike does.

Worst case scenario Mike has already passed through Santee and I did all this work for nothing. Either way, at least it is a step toward taking the offensive.