Talya
I have no idea how much time passed, but the sun was up when I opened my eyes again. Rondy knew I could take a lot of damage and be okay. But we'd never discussed a bullet and its need to come out before the skin and muscle healed over and around it. We had to stop to take care of my shoulder, and I also needed food.
"Where are we?" I asked groggily.
"Kansas," was Cecily's immediate whispered reply. A ridge of steal entered her voice, "Rondy's asleep and I need to know more about what's going on."
I looked out the window and didn't see anything but low hills for as far as I could see. "I need the bullet removed as soon as possible and I need to eat. You deserve to know what's going on, but could we take care of those things first?"
She peeked at me in the rearview mirror. "We're about twenty miles from Wa Keeney. We can get a hotel there and hopefully find a doctor."