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I jumped down from the roof and quickly pushed the seat back to make room for Javier He could sit with his sister and co beside me

"Get in," I told them

Javier’s eyes locked withinside

I slaot in the passenger side Two bullets exploded nearby, one hitting the street, the other hitting the trunk of the car Theat us froain and finish hi to lose it

I put Jose into drive and peeled out, avoiding the cars that were nowin and out until ere on the right side of the road and speeding through the city The traffic was growing thicker by the h that I was able to keep upas I paid close attention to the road

"What happened?" I cried out at the salasses – his big blue eyes looked startling - and covered in sweat but other than that he looked okay

"What happened to your arm?" Javier asked Violetta She whimpered in response

I eyed hi and caap She fell I think her arm is broken I jumped down and we ran back to the car"

"Did you kill the rest of thealive If he was a lion, his tail would be twitching

I sed hard and ignored the lump in my chest "Yes I had to"

His lips curled in delight "I’m impressed"

I looked away and back at the road before I nearly took out a green and red taxi cab

"Do you know those men, Javier?" I asked

"No But I bet my little sister here does"

Violetta moaned from the back and at that Camden quickly pulled out a few of his pills from his pocket

"Violetta doesn’t know them," I told Javier while Camden twisted around in his seat and dispensed the pills to her

"So Violetta says," Javier said

"We’ve got to get her to a hospital," Camden said

"Not yet," Javier said calmly

My eyes flew back at hiether "We have to go straight to Aguascalientes It’s about five hours from here, four if you hurry My friend Dom will be able to help us"

"Is Dom a doctor?"

He shook his head "He’s part ofI have to talk to hiet Violetta sorted out"

"But she’s in pain," I said

He shrugged and sat back in his seat, looking away fro-filled sky "She got into this s for the Zetas She can afford to suffer for a bit"

Violetta groaned, writhing in discomfort

"You’re a sick fuck," Ca to have to start coinal insults I believe you’ve already called hting up at the sight of Ca you on that roof to die"

Silence filled the car

It was going to be a long drive to Aguascalientes

CHAPTER FIVE

We uascalientes in just under five hours Traffic on the has thick and we had to stop to use the restrooas Thankfully, Camden’s pills worked well on Violetta and she was out like a light for h I was sure it wouldn’t reot to speak to Camden alone, briefly, when I went into the store to pay

We aiting in line at the cashier and he grabbed a bag of the ubiquitous pork rinds you find all over Mexico and tossed the shyly

"What happened to your glasses?" I asked hi to the car "They fell off somewhere Probably when I fell I can’t re was … a blur"

"Can you still see?"

He smiled all beautiful white teeth, full lips and dihted Which et a new pair or sos up close The things that matter"

Boom There went my heart

In the middle of a Mexican convenience store

I had a sudden urge to step closer to him, press myself into his chest, find out how clearly he could seeus forward and Cah onmy skin