Vera’s secrets

(Author : POV Vera)

We had arrived at the car. Apparently, the evening schedule was no longer the one I had hoped for.

Marcus - I knew this was his name when I heard Tyrone addressing him - opened the door on the passenger side and Tyrone pushed me inside. Then he took the wheel while Marcus and his two friends piled in the back.

Tyrone, when we drove off, adjusted the air-conditioning vents so that cold air started coming in my direction. I cast a hateful glance in the rearview mirror, to Marcus and his friends who were sitting still. Marcus had a grimace of disgust glued to his face and he said nothing about me. None of them either. No one seemed concerned about my presence, for the moment. The silence was heavy and I was dying to know our destination.

"Where are we going?" I asked Tyrone. "Because of your delay, the cinema is damned! What about them? This is a fortuitous encounter?"

"We have a job." he replied briefly.

"Tonight?"

"Yes. Fortunately for you."