Hell Released (Hell Happened Book 3) by Terry Stenzelbarton, Jordan Stenzelbarton Page B

at the woman’s shelter after her husband had tried killing her. When the rest of the world died, she continued to hide in the house.
    Danielle, he learned, had been living with her boyfriend when he went on an alcohol-fueled rampage, destroying her car and slapping her around until the cops showed up. He made bail and was stalking her and she had been hiding in several different places when everyone started dying.
    She came across Yvonne three days earlier while both were looking for food. They talked and Yvonne told Danielle about the safe house and the importance of staying together.
    The only reason Yvonne had come out of the house was to remove the body of another woman who had died days earlier. Chuck recalled seeing a large dumpster out front of the house. That must have been what Dog had seen Yvonne doing.
    Chuck nodded but didn’t feel like telling them the entire story of his past. “I was working at a dairy farm. Everyone died and I didn’t think I needed to take care of cows any more so I thought I’d go see if my brother still lived at the navy base.”
    “I think we should get on the road and in four or five hours, we can be in San Diego. We’ll find what we can find.”
    Yvonne nodded. “I think we’ll find something else to drive. I don’t think my ass would like four hours on your bike.”
    “Suit yourself, I like the bike.”
    They spent an hour walking around the parking lot looking for a vehicle for Yvonne and Danielle. Many of them wouldn’t start nor had keys. Two of the ones they found had dead bodies in them and no one wanted to drive a car with dead person stink.
    Danielle was the one who found the car they’d drive. It was a 2012 Cadillac STS parked by itself behind one of the buildings. It was in like-new condition and the keys were on the visor. When she sat inside and turned the key it started with ease.
    She drove it around front where Chuck had parked his bike and got out. Chuck and Yvonne showed up after she honked the horn several times. It’d need gas so Chuck found some gas cans and filled them from other cars around the area. It was near noon before they were ready for the road. Chuck had to fix a few things on his bike and Yvonne wanted to put some extra food and water in the trunk of the Caddy.
    When they finally got on the road, Chuck took the lead. He wanted to make it to the north side of Los Angeles before stopping again. The girls were comfortable driving at 65 miles per hour behind him because they had to be more careful of the wrecks on the highway.
    Twice before they got to LA, they had to leave the interstate because of blockage. Tractor trailer rigs had wrecked blocking all lanes and the little group had to back track and find a way around.
    It was just after 2 p.m. when they stopped north of LA. Chuck pulled off the interstate and wound his way to Dodgers Stadium. When the women got out of the car and asked why, he told them he’d seen the stadium on TV hundreds of times and had always wanted to visit.
    They ate a light lunch and took care of some personal needs before getting back on the road. There were more cars littering the highway in this area, but they could still make good time. Chuck re-fueled both his Harley and the Caddy. Yvonne discovered the GPS on the Caddy was still working.
    Yvonne showed Chuck and gave him the directions to get back on highway I-5. Chuck started his bike and headed out of the stadium. He got a little turned around with his directions while trying to avoid the wrecked cars. He found himself on an overpass where he had a good view of the Los Angeles skyline. He stopped the bike, intending to check with Yvonne again for directions.
    He turned the bike off and put down the kick stand when he felt the first trembler. He’d experienced quakes before and the first shaking didn’t bother him because it was light and short lived.
    He walked back to the car and opened the back door so he could look over Yvonne’s shoulder while she