“At this speed, we won’t be there until tomorrow!”
Elgin was furious. We had been gone for almost two hours and had only travelled eighty kilometres. Freezing rain and wind were preventing us from going at a normal pace. The drivers in front of us seemed to be in a panic and not all were equipped with an SUV like Elgin, they were constantly applying the brakes which exasperated him.
“Why are you so upset?” I wondered.
He gave me a sidelong glance, black.
“I hate the damn weather! Look at all these people like doughnuts driving in custard!”
He eased his anger with a wave of his hand.
“Are you afraid of missing an appointment?”
He sighed.
“I have to meet the pack tonight at eight o’clock.”
“And is it a problem if you’re late?”
“No... probably not,” he admitted.
I unbuckled
