chapter 86

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 zoomed together before hyper speeding down here. She goes and retrieves it, and we head for the passenger door of the truck, 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 really don t like you!" I point out, hand over my chest to calm my heartrate, 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 g