Surge (125 page)

Nicholas Benson:
father of Jared and Sarah; friends and business partners with Mr. Moure; lawyer; workaholic who was disinterested in family life; killed by wheezers a month after the breakout

Regina Bolman:
the girl John lost his virginity to his sophomore year of high school

Dolly Devine:
next door neighbor to the Bensons; widower who was like a surrogate grandparent to Jared, Sarah and John; was infected and trapped in her condo for months, before being discovered by Jared; was the first wheezer that Jared encountered

George:
one of the survivors Jared brought to the condo that he didn’t know was infected; disposed of by Jared

Herbert Vincent Hemington III:
childhood bully to Jared; reason for John and Jared’s introduction in preschool

Mikayla:
one of the survivors Jared brought to the condo that he didn’t know was infected; hid her bite wound from them; disposed of by Jared

Jonathan Moure Sr:
father of John; friends and business partners with Nicholas; lawyer; devoted father, and husband; treated Jared like a second son; killed by wheezers a month after the breakout

Judy Moure:
mother of John; best friend of Diane; loving stay at home mom; devout Catholic; killed by wheezers a month after the breakout

Benjamin Palmer:
maternal grandfather of Cory and Travis; owns a ranch in Texas; also known as
‘Grandpa Ben’
or
‘Gramps’

Travis Prescott:
brother of Cory, former fiancé of Olivia; was next door neighbors and childhood sweethearts with Olivia; described as blonde haired and blue eyed; tortured and murdered by hostile raiders; is deceased prior to Jared’s point of view, but is mentioned throughout

Crystal St. John:
aunt of Olivia, sister to Louis; greedy and selfish woman who looked down on Olivia and her mother; the condo group uses her condo and vehicles; is presumed dead

Louis St. John:
father of Olivia; owner of investment company; loving father; baseball fan; died in car crash when Olivia was sixteen