~JOYCE.The car had been coughing and sputtering for the last two hours, and every time the engine hiccupped, my stomach tightened a little more.“Thiago, I swear, if this thing dies on us in the middle of nowhere, I’m walking,” my mum said from the passenger seat, already reaching for the bottle of water in the cup holder.“It’s not going to die, Billy,” my stepdad answered, voice calm even though his hands were tight on the steering wheel. “We’re almost at the next town. Just a little further.”I sat in the back, phone screen glowing against my face, trying to ignore the way the seat vibrated every time the engine struggled.“We’ve been saying ‘just a little further’ for forty minutes,” I muttered. “At this rate, the sun will be down before we even see the signboard.”Mum twisted around to look at me. “Joyce, don’t start. We’re all tired.”“I’m not starting. I’m stating facts. The car has been acting up since we left the highway. If it had just behaved, we would have passed through
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