“Perfect. I’ll have the grill going so you can eat and get on home. Looking forward to it,” I said as I headed back to the car. I passed Saul on the way, and he gave me a wave before pointing his crew to the next areas of work.
I climbed into the driver’s seat of my car to wait for Santiago, and, fortunately, the wait wasn’t long because I was really done with this place. Really, really done.
He sat down in the passenger’s seat and took my hand. “If I knew how to do a spell or something to keep you from coming across this stuff, I would,” he said gently. “Are you okay?”
I smiled thinly and said, “I would take that spell because I’m tired of you having to ask that question, even though I appreciate you asking. Yes, I’m okay. Just exhausted.”
He sighed. “I bet. Let me cook us dinner toni
