𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘𝖒 | d.f. |

🌹 soraya50 🌹

[ 4:48 PM ]

"are you okay?" i ask apple, moving her chin around to see her face. she slaps my hand away.

"i'm okay!" she giggles, "you flew us!"

i smile.

"see what happens when we mix illegal with fun?" dom questions.

"the kids got a smile on her face, which we haven't seen much of since leaving the apartment and being in this boring mobile home," i reason.

"lucille's not boring!" grayson quips from the driver seat.

"you can't use her happiness to stop me from blowing up on you," dom says, shaking his head.

"deal with it," i grin and hug apple to me as dom puts the guns inside matt's duffel.

"oh yeah, no one ask matt if he's cool," he says.

i turn my head behind me, seeing matt pick himself off the floor.

"you know i was heading toward her right?" i ask.

"yeah," he answers, climbing over the three seater.

"so why go after her if i was already in motion?"

"ray, stop. we have her back."

"i just don't get why he would do that. that doesn't impress me. i'm not into that heroic shit. i can take care of her."

"soraya," dom interjects. "thanks bro. i appreciate it."

i roll my eyes.

dom passes matt the two duffels and he pushes them underneath the seat.

apple and i relocate to the bed.

i thought we were giving him a second chance ray?

i'm on the fence.

you agreed to give him a second chance.

"thanks matt for being a hero moment stealer," i tell him.

"really?" dom questions.

"you're... welcome?" he responds.

"raya, he's cool," apple says.

"he's skeptical," i tell her. "suspicious."

"i'm trying my best here," matt says.

"yeah? and i still want to read you."

"fine! here! do it!" he yells, holding his arm out to me. "if it'll get you to stop treating me like an enemy."

"no. no! ray you don't need to read him. just learn to trust someone for once," dom says.

"i'll learn to trust when i don't get weird vibes around him."

"you're so stubborn. it's annoying!" dom groans.

"that's fine with me! i don't want to be any other way!"

"hey, uh, grayson coming in to diffuse the situation. delaware's checkpoint is in like an hour or so and then we finally have the last checkpoint to get into new jersey."

i nod.

"we're going to have to figure out another hiding spot because apple is not getting into the box again," i tell dom.