Chapter 40
I slid the side-door of the van open and jumped inside.
My eyes jumped from Billy to Deppy and back again. “Am I interrupting something?”
“Nope,” Billy said at the same time as Deppy’s “No, it’s fine,” anxious laugh.
I was in no mood for their stupid skata. I had spent all day lying to my parents, making excuses, running off to the little forest, getting chased by that sadistic Erinyes, going back, lying some more, resting for a few minutes, making more excuses, running again. It had taken its toll on me.
Physically, I was surprised to see that it was getting easier to handle as time went by. Emotionally, it was becoming too much to bear.
I stared at them both inside the dimly lit van, parked at the side of the little forest in the middle of the night. Billy was flushed an
