After (Book 3): Milepost 291
“There was no way to fasten it from the inside now that the lock was broken, and DeVontay could only hope none of Rooster’s men tried to get inside. He didn’t think Zapheads had mastered the complexities of locks and doors, but tense minutes passed as gunfire boomed around the compound.
Now the shots fell only sporadically, along with the shouts and cries of men.
DeVontay had no sense of passing time in the almost complete darkness, but he figured it had been four or five hours since their escap...e attempt. Aside from occasional whispered commands and Kiki’s and Carole’s comforting murmurs, the loading bay was filled with an eerie hum, as if the decomposing bodies under the tarp were radiating the last of their fading energy. The smell was corrupt and fecund, but no more so than the underlying scent of blood and decay that had permeated the slaughterhouse from its former commercial life.
DeVontay felt along the base of the bay door until he found Stephen’s hand. He took it and whispered, “Stay here.MoreLess
Now the shots fell only sporadically, along with the shouts and cries of men.
DeVontay had no sense of passing time in the almost complete darkness, but he figured it had been four or five hours since their escap...e attempt. Aside from occasional whispered commands and Kiki’s and Carole’s comforting murmurs, the loading bay was filled with an eerie hum, as if the decomposing bodies under the tarp were radiating the last of their fading energy. The smell was corrupt and fecund, but no more so than the underlying scent of blood and decay that had permeated the slaughterhouse from its former commercial life.
DeVontay felt along the base of the bay door until he found Stephen’s hand. He took it and whispered, “Stay here.MoreLess
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