Her Fire

34 - Windows to one’s soul

Deirdre sits quietly in the passenger’s seat, mulling over her life choices.

Matt is equally quiet as he drives the car that David has taken to bring Deirdre back to Florence.

“You can still change your mind, you know. I can still turn back at the next exit and leave you at the station.”

She rolls her eyes. “No.”

“I’m just saying.”

“And I’m reiterating. No.”

Matt sighs in resignation as he turns the radio on. “So… do you have a plan?” He asks after a few minutes.

“What do you mean?”

He frowns. “I’m serious, Deirdre. In three days I am calling his parents to tell them what happened, whether you like it or not. You asked me to give you a chance to make it up to him. What. Are. Your. Plans?”

“I have no plans.”

“So, then what? You’re just gonna watch him be a bloody vegetable for thr