Katelina stole more than one glance out the window, nervously watching the van. What if someone broke into it? What if they peered through the driver's window and got curious about what was shielded behind the corrugated metal? What if they got in the cooler? The strain was too much, and her mother and Brad only wanted to question her, so she ended the visit. She felt bad that she hadn't brought her mother a present, but it hadn't occurred to her. There was too much going on to think about normal things like that.
She left in a flurry of hugs and a stern warning to "get herself together". She bit her tongue to keep from replying, "Look who's talking!" The woman was old enough to be Brad's mother!
No. It's not something I want to think about.
Though it beat thinking about her destination
