You keep searching the car to pass time

You find six extra bullets stashed in a hole in the back seat. Thats all. You now four hours and still no sign of Nicolm's return. You wait another hour still nothing. You are assuming now that Nicolm shall not return at all.

By the light of the next morning you see a zombie walking towards the car from far off. You action back the handgun. You are going to shoot it in the head if it's really a zombie. You get out and watch it approach. It's dead alright. Stinks of rot. Maggots in the nose and nose. eyes sunken in and deflated by feasting bugs. You fire on shot into its head and the zombie drops and moves no more.