“That was the Porsche we saw,” Jo Ann said, pointing at the mangled car.
“Yes, baby, he was going too fast,” Wendy said as they passed the mangled and twisted body.
“That dog was eating the body,” Sally pointed out.
“Their owners are dead, so they will eat anything they can,” Wendy tried to explain, but just wanted this day to end already.
As darkness fell Wendy was thankful, just because it would cut down on the horrors they had to witness. Hearing Ryan cooing in the back brought a smile to Wendy’s face. Then, she heard Sally groan in disgust just as the smell filled the Tahoe. “We aren’t feeding him that crap anymore,” Sally declared, trying not to breathe.
Noah crawled between the front seats onto Jo Ann’s lap to get away from the stink. “Why don’t you do this when it’s Jo Ann’s turn to change you?” Sally complained, grabbing a handful of wipes. Ryan wasn’t helping as he kicked his legs and squealed.
“I really owe you, Sally,” Jo Ann said as she hugged Noah, who was holding his nose.
When Sally tossed the diaper out, Wendy rolled down all the windows for a second to air out the inside. Rolling the windows back up, Wendy heard a water bottle sloshing and turned around to see Sally washing her hands over a towel. “It’s like a booger you can’t get off,” she whined and Wendy fought not to laugh.
Jo Ann didn’t feel that need to hold it and busted out laughing.
Hearing the back window roll down, Wendy turned to see Sally tossing the towel out. “I’ll find another one,” Sally said, seeing Wendy looking back.
“Sally, I would’ve thrown the towel out, so don’t worry about it,” Wendy chuckled.
“Those are car lights,” Jo Ann said and Sally leaned over, looking ahead and saw lights in the distance.
“What do we do?” Sally asked, feeling her gut knot up.
“We can pull over and act like one of the hundred abandoned cars or just go right on. We don’t have lights on, so he doesn’t know we are here yet,” Wendy offered.
“What do you think we should do?” Sally asked, poking her head between the seats.
Waving her hand at the road, “Just drive on,” Wendy said. “And if that fucker turns around, I’ll light his ass up.”
The twins nodded and held their breath as they closed with the car. The car had on its bright lights and Wendy lifted her hand up, shielding her eyes so she could keep her night vision. When the car was near, everyone noticed when the lights turned to low, but Wendy kept her hand up until the car passed a few seconds later.
The twins turned around and Wendy glanced in the mirror as the car turned its bright lights back on and continued down the road. “They are just going,” Sally called out, picking up Ryan and cuddling him to her chest.
With the sky overhead still cloudy, Wendy slowed until she felt safe that she wouldn’t run into anything and then saw she was doing twenty. Stopping in the middle of the road, Wendy pulled out the monocular and put the headband on. Ten minutes later, Wendy pulled off and had to admit her left eye could see pretty well, but she felt like she was looking through a soda straw.
Leaning over and holding a sleeping Noah, Jo Ann saw the speedometer back at forty-five. “If you do the pedals, I’ll drive,” Jo Ann offered.
“When we get home, you and Sally are learning how to drive and shoot guns,” Wendy chuckled.
“Can we listen to that dragon book you got?” Sally asked and saw Wendy nodding. The long black monocular sticking out from her face made Wendy look weird.
Jo Ann put the first of the nine disks in as a make-believe world was built in their minds with the story, taking them away from the hell around them.
Chapter Thirty Four
Please wear a pull-up
May 20
With Lucas in his arms, Shawn led the boys downstairs and found Andrea holding Pam and the other girls working in the kitchen. “I see you woke up,” Andrea grinned.
“No. Actually, Tony did and fed Lucas the first time. He woke me the second,” Shawn told her, walking in and Kirk looked at Shelia and Vicki in horror. They were making the dough without him and Pat.
“We have to learn how, Kirk,” Vicki moaned.
“Okay,” Kirk said, moving to the dishwasher and started putting away the dishes.
“Morning, guys,” Arthur said, stepping out of his room and holding Nicole. “I can watch the babies, guys.”
“Arthur, you’re burning the candle at both ends,” Andrea groaned and Shawn nodded.
“How can he burn a candle at both ends and why would you want to?” Vicki asked, looking up.
Walking over, Arthur kissed Vicki on the head. “I think you are the most innocent child I have ever met,” Arthur declared.
The rapid clacking of heels on the floor announced Robin running out of Arthur’s bedroom. Running past Arthur, Robin squealed when she saw the cats on the couch and headed for them. Seeing the toddler with boots and wearing a pull-up headed for them, the cats took off.
Laughing as Robin gave chase, Arthur headed over to the coffee pot and poured a cup. Walking to his office, Arthur headed back out carrying his laptop. When Arthur set it at his spot and went back for his coffee, Shawn ran over and sat down beside Arthur’s chair.
Shawn really wanted to know computers, but his family had never bought one. When Shawn had seen the towers for the servers in the basement, Arthur’s awesomeness had increased yet again in Shawn’s eyes. “What are you going to do?” Shawn asked with a grin, setting Lucas’s bottle
