Benny’s POV
‘I'm going to pick my kids up,’ those few words swirl around my head on repeat, making me numb as I drive on autopilot down the unlit road toward the distant lights of the next occupied area.
Eralia has kids? Like more than one? She definitely said kids, not just kid, How old is she? I assumed she was in her very early twenties, f***k, is she married?! If so why didn't he pick her the f***k up!
I swallow down the questions that swirl around my head, forcing myself to concentrate on getting her to where she needs to go.
‘Put the address in the satnav’ I tell her gruffly, nodding at the screen built into the dashboard.
Eralia hesitates again before slowly leaning forward, her trembling fingers reaching out toward the screen and typing in the start of the name of the elementa
