Chapter 37. The Journey Begins

I exhale and almost cry with relief and turn to pull my hands from Carmen, who no longer has reason to hold me back.

“Are you coming?” I ask her warily, legs shaking from adrenalin and weakening with relief as she nods. Gesturing back to a hold-all on the steps she must have thrown together before hyper-speeding down here. She retrieves it, and we head for the truck’s passenger door, her climbing in first with me last, to sit on the double seat side by side.

“Glad you could make it.” Meadow smirks, knowing full well she almost gave me a heart attack minutes ago. No remorse whatsoever in her tone or her amused expression.

“Sometimes I don’t like you!” I point out, hand over my chest to calm my heart rate, glaring at her scornfully, and she laughs

“Ahhh, but Hermana, you love me more than life.”

“So, where are we going?” Carmen cuts in, impatient already, and I can feel the anxiety swarming from her in getting to go already. There’s a smog of impatience i