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“Well, not all of us.” Alice cast a longing glance back at the woods. “Some of us made the ultimate sacrifice for the greater good. I think my couture deserves a medal or something for taking one of the team.”
“I think you meanyouwant a medal.” Marge chuckled before she trotted over to a large tree and lifted a big rock to hide the key.
“Fine.Isacrificed a lot.”
“I appreciate it, Alice. So will Rachel.”
With a sigh, she tossed an arm around my shoulder. “You’re worth more than couture dresses to me.”
I smiled and leaned my head against her. “That means a lot coming from you.”
Our helmets clunked together when she pressed her head against mine.
Marge radioed Olavi who was thrilled to hear we’d made it safe, and after she gave him the locations of the snowmobiles, she bid him goodbye then turned to face us. “Okay, soldiers! We still have a few miles to cross before we reach our destination! Let’s get to the road and find a landmark we can use to call the cab.”
Not wanting to deal with our large helmets in a cab, we placed them on the snowmobile. The snow whipped against my face, but I ignored the discomfort as we trudged through the snow toward the small city ahead. When we reached the outskirts, we followed the road until we got to some local businesses alongside a plowed road.
“Okay! Call the cab and tell them the name of this business, and the street name,” Marge said.
We all stared at the building, then turned toward the street sign.
“Can anyone pronounce that?” I asked as we tipped our heads.
“Shit.” Marge grumbled. “I’ll try. I’m pretty good at Finnish now.”
“No!” I echoed with Doris and Alice. “You arenotallowed to try to speak foreign languages after what happened in Mexico. I’ll call.”
I pulled out my phone and searched out a cab company, then called them up. After much confusion and finally spelling out the letters of the street and the business, I felt confident that a cab was on its way. Five minutes later, the small white and yellow vehicle pulled up beside us. The man inside stared at us with a puzzled look on his face as we approached. I realized then how ridiculous we looked in our snowsuits.
“We need to get to the airport!” I said as I whipped open the back door, ignoring his strange leering stares.
“Airport?” he asked.
“Yes! Please!” I answered, jumping in the front seat. The three other Widows grunted and squeezed into the back together.
“I can’t move in this thing,” Alice complained.
“These suits are really uncomfortable when you’re not on a snowmobile,” Doris agreed.
Even though I was just as uncomfortable, I ignored it and begged the driver to hurry. He sped us off down the winding streets of the city, and when we reached the airport, I nearly broke down and cried.
“We made it!” I shouted as we pulled up at the terminal. “I can’t believe we made it!”
“You and me both,” Alice said, then she pulled out a wad of money from her suit and tossed it in the front seat. “Keep the change.”
The four of us left jumped out of the taxi and rushed inside the airport doors. I glanced at the clock. We had an hour left. With gate security, it would be tight.
“I need to get this suit off,” Alice said.
“Not until we get to the security line. No time!” I shouted as I rushed toward the security line, grateful we had our tickets on our phone this time and could skip the check-in gate.
When we finally arrived at the security line, I took my first deep breath.
“We’re going to make it,” I said, my throat constricting with the emotions inside. “We’re going to make it.”
The people surrounding us stared at us in our snowmobile suits, and I realized how ridiculous we looked. Sweat beaded on my forehead from wearing the insulated outfit in the heated airport, and I noticed all the Widows had smooshed, wet hair. Alice’s makeup ran down her face in dark streaks, and I realized mine likely did as well from the wet snow pummeling us in the face during our helmetless hike from the snowmobiles to the cab. But I didn’t care about our strange, disheveled appearance as my joy in being one step closer to Rachel overpowered any embarrassment I’d usually have felt standing in public looking like a strange side show.
“Now can I take this horrifying ensemble off?” Alice waved a hand over her figure.
