"Things could always get worse," the final words of chapter eight, could well have been the end of the story if things had landed a little differently. They didn't, so they won't, but for Lisa and Kaveh, they could still prove true. You'll just have to read the next chapter to find out.
Lisa's secret is out. Can she fight through her shame long enough to protect her new friends from the monsters all around them? Has the national guard really been dispatched to battle the zombies, and would they do any good if they were? What did Kaveh cook for his friend, and will it be enough to turn Speedy from one of the mindless undead into a zombie with a brain? Coming soon, it's the all new greeting card titled chapter of Be Still My Formerly Beating Heart, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
