Chapter 28
"We're not going back to the house?" Paul asked, as Chloe turned
the car south onto the 17, heading up into the hills instead of
back down into the valley. She maneuvered her way into traffic,
staring straight ahead for a few long moments before answering
him.
"Nope."
Paul stared at her, hoping to get some sort of reaction besides
stoic calm in the face of crisis. "I'm really sorry I f****d up
back there."
"It's ok," she said. "Just a bad break is all. If stealing was
easy, everyone would be doing it. As the bumper stickers say, Shit
Happens."
"Ok."
Silence. Paul had assumed they were going to Santa Cruz and
points south, but only a few miles down the road she got off the
highway and headed up a winding road that climbed into the
mountains. "Where are we going?"
