CARMEN
I nearly laughed because panic already seemed etched into my bones. I doubted I could move if ordered, but I nodded anyway, my eyes burning with unshed tears.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
His eyes remained on the road. “Buying us time.”
That answer did not help.
The RV made a hard turn down another road. I was thrown sideways against the seat, but Ellen quickly steadied herself, planting her feet and bracing one arm on the table as she kept her eyes on the thing in her hands.
Then Frank did something I did not expect.
He smiled.
But it wasn’t a happy smile. It was something colder. Sharper. I could have sworn his eyes burned pale yellow in the mirror’s reflection, but when I blinked, it was gone. They were back to his normal green eye colour.
I couldn’t shake the yellow e
