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I ignored the fact I hadn’t drunk so much as a single drop. Alcohol was as good an explanation as anything else, and that was all I needed to get on with my life.
I started to smile. So did the others.
The horror was over.
And then the truck signaled.
It was going to pull onto another road, heading somewhere other than New York.
“Uh, guys,” I said. “We need a decision pronto.”
They peered out the windshield and noticed the winking orange light.
“The asshole is turning off?” Maddy said. She rarely swore. “He can’t do this to us!”
“Looks that way,” I said. “Do we follow or do we head home?”
“Whatever happened to us before is over,” Hazel said. “It’s gone. I say we head home.”
How can she be so sure? “Do you really want to travel these roads with no truck to protect us?”
“I vote we get home as soon as possible,” Bianca said. “To hell with the truck.”
“Listen to you guys,” Sirena said. “Jumping at shadows.”
“It wasn’t a shadow,” Victoria said. “It was a bright white light coming from the sky.”
Sirena rolled her eyes. “I vote to head home. We can’t follow the truck forever.”
“I’d rather get home eventually than not get home at all,” Victoria said. “I vote to follow the truck.”
“That’s three to head home, one to follow the truck,” Hazel said. “Maddy?”
“Truck!” she eked.
Hazel turned to me. “You get the deciding vote, Alice. What’s it to be?”
I didn’t get the deciding vote. If I said to follow the truck, it would make votes on both sides tied.
The truck began to turn off. My hand perched over the turn signal. I had to make my decision now.
The things I’d seen, the things I’d felt… With the passage of a little time, the fear had already worn off. It didn’t seem as bad or as scary as I’d thought in the moment.
I shook my head and lowered my hand. “I’m the maid of honor. It can’t be my fault you don’t get to your wedding on time. Let’s get home as quickly as possible.”
Sirena and Bianca sighed with relief.
“Thank fuck for that,” Bianca said. “I had a hot date I don’t want to miss.”
Victoria and Maddy weren’t so relieved.
The truck slowed as it made its turn. I glanced at it every few seconds in the rearview mirror.
Then, we were alone again on the open country road. I watched the night sky, looking for any sign of that bright light to come visit us again.
But nothing happened.
We’d made the right decision. We’d be home within the next two hours. And then we’d have the wedding to look forward to in the morning. A new beginning for my best friend.
