50. Not-So-Friendly

Selena’s heart refused to calm down. She kept thinking about the way the doctor did not hesitate to protect her from those brutes. Always putting her safety first. Always watching out for her. What if Megan never came in time? The thought sent a shrill up her spine, recalling those monsters firing these loud shots. It still rang in her ears.

Right now, after half an hour of road trip, they have stopped in the parking lot of a hotel. She was still cooed up in the warmth of the jeep while the doctor and the lieutenant were speaking outside in the rain.

Megan had kept reprimanding her all the way and Cassandra had kept silent until then but now, she could hear their raised voices though she understood only fragments of what they were speaking due to the noise of the rain.

Megan examined the body of her car, frowning at the bullet impacts, taking into account the damage done. She caressed it with her hand, almost pained, “What you did was fucking stupid. You knew better than to lie to m