~SCARLETT.

“Where exactly did you say we were going again?” I asked as I turned to face Lucas behind the wheel.

One moment I was sitting stiffly at his family’s barbecue; the next he was ushering me out with some rushed explanation to Elaine. I hadn’t absorbed a single word. My head was still stuffed full with everything that happened over there.

We were back in the city now, driving as dusk fell and the lights from the buildings went by.

“It’s a surprise,” Lucas tapped nervously on the steering wheel. “Just… trust me, okay? I could tell you were uncomfortable back there. Honestly, so was I. I warned you...