In the evening, Riz drove to pick Feliz up and back to the condo. Before heading back, they stopped for dinner near the condo, just like girls often do.
"What time are you going tomorrow, Liz?" Riz asked Feliz in a cheerful voice.
"I don't know. Aunt Mary told Trevor to pick me up," Feliz replied to her friend while folding clothes into a small suitcase.
"Oh... going for three days. Will you miss anyone while you're away?" Riz remarked teasingly.
"Who do you mean? If you mean Charles, not at all. By the way, you seem to have switched sides lately, Riz. You're not going back to help your brother, are you?" Feliz asked, suspicious of her dear friend.
"Oops! No way. Not at all. Who would do such a thing?" Riz replied firmly, her eyes darting around suspiciously.
"How much are they payin
