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I was going to need the rest

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Carrie

We were parked outside a gas station Me and Jake I was in the front with the door open,for Raize and Cavers to return from inside

It was al

We only had another hour to go The drive hadn’t been long, but Raize said we needed to stop, so we did

Jake cli and put his coffee in the drink holder He handed over the second for me

“I added soary shit for you”

I took it, surprised at the gesture “Thank you”

I hadn’t thought about getting anything I went in, went to the bathrooet the keys from Jake Raize had sent Jake to ot a set of keys to both vehicles, and once Jake had slept enough to drive, ere off

“So?” he asked as he looked my way

I sippedat its heat and his question “I haven’t asked”

His eyes shifted toout to the vehicles, Raize had added a gun to“That is yours now,” he’d told me “You will need it”

Jake shook his head “Girl”

I grinned I’d grown attached to being called Girl “It’s Carrie now”

He huffed, rolling his eyes “I don’t get this, whatever you’re doing”

“What a?”

“I don’t know That’s why I don’t get it What are you doing? He gave you a gun Does he know you don’t kno to use it?”

I took another sip It was still hot “He knows”

“And?”

“And what?”

“I still can’t teach you unless you ask hiives me the order You know that What’s this weird resistance from you?”

I sighed, putting ainst the backrest “It’s just another milestone I don’t want to cross yet”

“Milestone?”

“Yeah You know, in this world, it’s all a slippery slope Me learning how to shoot a gun is the un” My sto as on the other side of that milestone

Understanding flared in his eyes “Look, you’re never gonna be the girl he sends out to kill so to do his own dirty work That's how he got his couy who’s trying to kill you, the other guy has to go And you ain’t dumb You know that”