“Please, Kain. We need
to get out of this car.” Daniel squeezed his narrow shoulders between the two
front seats and continued to beg. “I can’t stand one more minute in this icy
environment.”
Kain rolled his head
and gripped the steering wheel hard enough for me to see white knuckles. After
driving a day and a half in tense silence, I agreed with Daniel. We all needed
a break from each other.
“We don’t have time,”
Kain replied.
“We have plenty of
time,” Daniel countered. “Are you really that anxious to get back home? I’m
sure Eviana’s not.”
“Daniel!” I reached
across the back seat and punched him in the shoulder.
“Ow, that hurt.” He
rubbed his arm and turned back to the front. “See, she’s abusing me. We need a
pit stop before this gets violent.”
“And just where would
you like to go?” Kain asked. I heard the defeat in his voice. Daniel had won,
even if he didn’t know it yet.
“Like I told you a
million times, the Grand Canyon. We’ve seen the road signs for the last two
hours. I’ve never been there and I’d hate to miss it when we’re this close.”
Daniel patted Carissa’s head while she sat motionless in the passenger seat.
“Carissa wants to go there too.”
She not so gently
pushed his hand away and smoothed her hair. “I’d rather go home,” she grumbled.
“What? You want to see
one of the Wonders of the World?” Daniel asked. “Me too! See Kain, we all want
to go.”
Carissa turned to look
out the window, making sure to avoid eye contact at all costs. She hadn’t
spoken much since she caught Kain and me in our almost kiss right before we
started our trip. Despite having time together as we drove through the night,
it looked like their issues remained unresolved. Apparently, she wasn’t
thrilled with Daniel either.
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