Chapter 36: Kiss and Make Up

It didn’t feel like they’d been driving for several hours but they had been.

Everybody was catching their thoughts, their breaths, their attitude towards the power of the attacks against them. Would they be safe anywhere?

Amelia seemed to think so.

She leaned over from the backseat and said, “Okay, down this driveway.”

The car rattled down a secluded dirt road that was nearly a mile long until the trio found themselves at a cabin covered by crooked trees. The moon shimmered over the water of the large lake at the foot of the hill the cabin resided on, and it gave Silvana an uneasy feeling in her gut.

“Isn’t this the cabin Kurt got you?” Silvana asked, parking the car and killing the engine.

“My brother got you a cabin?” Bruce asked, startled. “With what money?”

Amelia looked at him, brushed her hair over her shoulder and responded, “Apparently he’s got some side hustles. My first red flag.”