Carrie

“Are you okay?” Alessandro checked in with me after many seconds filled with heart-racing silence passed.

“Yes…” I slightly raised my head since we were still crouched. “Are you fine?”

“I am. Just stay close to me, okay?”

I nodded and with a little frown of concern on my forehead, I looked towards Eduardo whose entire body was sprawled between the driver's and passenger’s seats. “Eduardo… Are you fine?”

It was hard to see his face since he tucked it in a corner very close to the door, so I made do with staring at the slight exposure of his lower back. Then, with a careful whisper, he answered,...