Chapter 10: In the Car
Dan is already coming up to the vending area as Caitlin and I head back for the car. “What’s going on?” he wants to know. He heard my sister’s big mouth, I’m sure. Everyone here did—the few people stopped at the rest area don’t quite look at the two of us, my sister walking ahead of me with her arms full of snacks, my hand fisted in the back of her shirt to keep her from turning to hunt down those boys in the restroom. I stare ahead at the car. “Michael?” Dan asks. “What happened?”
“Get in the car,” I tell Caitlin, giving her a push in that direction.
“Some kids called him—” she starts.
“Go on,” I say with another shove. She almost stumbles and glares back at me over her shoulder but doesn’t argue, thank God.
Dan waits until she’s far enough way that she can’t h
