She walked the three blocks from the bus station to Ace’s Driving School. She was forty minutes early, but that couldn’t be helped, considering she’d taken the bus from Kaycee. For the first time in her life, everyone was busy with something. Her mom was at the neighbors’, and Ivy and Chris both had the day off. The newlyweds had yet to show any sign of life from their cabin, the middle of three and the only one that was occupied. It was a waste, leaving Taz’s and Naomi’s empty, considering they both lived in another town, but her father showed no inclination of letting her have one any time soon.
Then there was Mason. Well, not a chance in hell would she ask her sister for a ride, for anything. As bad as it was between them, the tension, the anger, the jealousy, the hurt, and the guilt t
