Pamela placed her hand on his arm.
“Do you trust him?”she asked Lula and me.
“Enough,” I said.
“Mostly,” she said.
“Hey!”Raven said.“We’re all friends here.Tell them I’m a friend, Bun Bun.”
“I like him,” Abbi said.“But sometimes he lies.”
“Well, now I’m not going to share my cookies with you.”
“You have cookies?”
“I always have cookies.Trickster god, right?Sometimes I lie, but sometimes I steal.”He waggled his eyebrows and pulled a plate with a dozen cookies on it from behind his back.
I had no idea where he had gotten them.
Cardamom chuckled.“Ricky’s gonna kill you.If the Crossroads doesn’t first.”
Raven picked up a cookie and took a big bite.“Damn, these are good.”
Abbi squeezed my hand and leaned around me to Pamela.“He’s a good god.He’s living in Ordinary and shouldn’t be here though.”
“Shouldn’t is such a strong word,” he said.“So are 'good’ and 'here.’But I’d love to get out of the rain.”
Pamela and her grandfather exchanged looks, then Josie nodded.
“Let’s go,” Pamela said.“If we want him to leave, I’m sure we can make him leave.”
“I love this plan!”Raven said.
He strode to the back of our truck and hopped up into it.“Coming, Bun Bun?”
Abbi leaned in and gave me a big hug.“You’re okay,” she said fiercely.“All of us are okay.And we can sleep soon.I promise.”
Then she released me and jogged back to join Raven.
Elmer gave us a stern look.“I think someone else should drive.”
I expected Lula to argue.She didn’t like other people touching Silver.But she nodded.“I think so too.”
Card raised his hand.“I’ll drive.That okay?”
“Yes.”Lula pulled me toward the truck.“That’s okay.”
We piled into the cab.It was a tight fit with the three of us, but Lu tucked herself into my side, her head on my shoulder.
I wrapped my arm around her, holding tight.
The road wasn’t smooth, but it didn’t stop Lu from closing her eyes.She shivered once, her hand clutching my arm too tightly, and then she relaxed, breathing deeply.
I was fighting to keep my eyes open.
“I got you,” Card said.“You can rest, Brogan.I got you.”
I fought it still, because I was a stubborn man, but finally the wave of exhaustion was too much.I tumbled and sank down and down.
