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Once the car got s went sain Harper’s ’96 Sable lacked any kind of GPS, so they were relying on the ht shot down the coast, but after getting stuck in traffic, Alex tried to find an alternate route that would get them therethe off course for fifty as station, where Daniel got an atlas and mapped out the route Harper fumed quietly about the unnecessary detour for a few hours, while Alex sulked

According to Daniel’s earlier calculations, they should’ve reached Myrtle Beach around ht Thanks to all the stops and starts, it was almost twelve and they were still over two hours away

That hen the length of the trip started wearing on Harper She would’ve thought that her excitement and nerves would’ve kept her awake, but she’d slept terribly the night before, and the whole situation simply exhausted her

In the backseat, Alex snored fitfully He’d nod off, but almost as soon as he did, he seeain

"He should’ve gotten a Red Bull at the gas station," Daniel said, referring to their pit stop about an hour before

"What?" Harper blinked She’d been spacing out and had barely heard hilanced behind her

Alex’s chin had fallen to his chest, and he swayed slightly in motion with the car He snorted loudly, but didn’t wake up this ti a yawn, and turned her attention back to the road

"How are you holding up?" Daniel asked

He sat next to her, appearing surprisingly chipper The ht way so their path was sitting faceup, and he had a can of Red Bull in his hand So far on the trip, he had yet to yawn or sleep or even co tired

"Great," Harper said, but that was at least partially a lie She was fading, and the highway seemed to stretch on in an eternal blackness that made her eyelids heavy

"You sure?" Daniel asked "Because I can take the wheel You’ve been driving this entire time, and it wouldn’t hurt to trade off"

She shook her head "I’m fine"

There was no real reason not to let Daniel drive, except that it made her feel a bit more in control of the situation She wasn’t, really Gemma had run off and turned into aHarper could do about it

But she could drive the car She could keep the in the direction of her sister, and that was the best she could do right now

"Let et too tired," Daniel said "I’ll be happy to take over"

"I’m fine," Harper repeated