“It’s more scared of you–”
I hold up my hand, stopping him, and shake my head. “Nope. I’ve heard it all before. Just get rid of it.”
Logan shakes his head, smirking, and turns, walking to a tree. Unable to watch, I turn on the spot and pull out my phone from my back pocket, quickly sending a text to Kai.
Salena: My car’s on the main road into town. Can you collect it for me and burn it, crush it, I don’t care. Just get rid of it.
Kai: What?
Salena: I don’t care what you do with it but I’m never driving it again.
Kai: Where are you?
Salena: Walking into town.
I turn my screen off and pocket my phone just as Logan approaches,
“There. All taken care of. Now we can go.”
“I– I’m n– not getting back in that car,” I stammer.
Logan's eyes brighten with amusement. “You can’t be serious.”
“Deadly.”
I turn and start walking down the road toward town. I hear a sigh and Logan falls in step with me.
“Are you seriously just going to leave your car here because of a spider?” he asks, tone incredulous.
“I needed a new one anyway,” I bite.
Logan laughs. “Really?”
“I hate spiders.”
“I couldn’t tell.”
I grunt and keep walking, wanting to get home and shower, to make sure none of those babies got on me. Another shudder runs down my spine.
“It wasn’t even that big.”
I growl, and feel my eyes flash, so I look down at my feet quickly. “It was huge, and it was covered in hundreds of babies. The car is dead to me.”
Before Logan can respond, a set of headlights come up behind us and Kai slows down next to us. “Really, Salena?”
I glare at him, and he tips his head back, laughing at me. His hand hangs out the window and he taps his car door, then looks over to Logan. “Seems the big bad wolf is afraid of spiders,” he jokes, and I want to strangle him.
Kai stops the truck and motions to get in. “Come on, I’ll drop you off.”
“Thanks,” I say, moving toward the truck.
I jump in the backseat, leaving the front for Logan. Kai eyes me in the rearview mirror. The mirth in his eyes makes me want to hit him. I cross my arms and stare out the window.
“She has always been terrified of spiders,” Kai decides to voice.
Before I have a chance to yell to Kai, Logan's voice cuts through the cab. “We all have things we’re afraid of.”
“Touché,” Kai replies, looking at me in the mirror.
