Helanie:
"So what are we doing again?" I asked Lamar as he kept texting someone.
"I'm asking around to see if anyone has seen Gavin recently," he said, making me walk briskly after him through the dark streets of the nearly abandoned pack area. This particular pack we had come to was near the place where I had once gone to get a job with him.
It wasn't light yet, but the dark clouds had filled the sky, making it seem darker. The atmosphere felt heavy. My eyes shifted to the men coming in our direction. I was sure they were going to walk past us, but the way they were looking me up and down, I had a bad feeling they might do something mischievous as they passed by.
"Hey, what? Haven't seen a girl before?" Just when I thought Lamar wasn't paying attention, the minute the men got close, he stretched his arm back to pull me to the other side and gave a grunt at them.