The drive back from Chino's home appeared to take half as much time as the drive there, and Robert spent a bit of it pondering Carmen.

Time alone wouldn't limit the seriousness of what occurred, yet while Carmen was at Erica's, his time had been overwhelmed with occasions that weakened it.

It didn't seem like much if he stacked lying about racing, his mother's behavior, the job with Chino, fucking Felicia, and lying about racing on one side and almost putting his dick into Carmen and Katie.

When Erica's front entryway opened, Carmen and Erica got out of the house, everything aside from what happened with Carmen tumbled off, and...