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“So you don’t plan on staying in Nevada long?”

“Cole,” Carson warns from the front seat.

The two of them have an entire conversation without saying a word to each other.

We’re going to Nevada. Pretty state. It will get no complaints from me.

“Of course not,” I tell Cole, interrupting their telepathy.

Cole’s shoulders relax while Carson’s pull up. It doesn’t matter what either of them think. It doesn’t even matter what I think. I go where the wind blows me. It’s never failed me.

“Why are you being such a chicken about seeing Rage?”

“Cole,” Carson warns again.

“I’m not.”

He rolls his eyes at me.

“I don’t care if you believe me or not.”

Carson barks out a laugh from the front.

“My brother has a life, and I don’t want to disrupt it,” I explain honestly.

“Sounds like a lame ass excuse. What else are you hiding in that closet of yours?”

“Christ, dude,” Carson says. “Get up here and take over the driving.”

Both Cole and I ignore him.

“Why don’t you get in and find out for yourself,” I tell him, waving my hand over the door.

“I can’t fit in there.”

“Well, then I guess you’ll never understand the appeal.” I shrug before heading to the front.

I slide into the passenger seat beside Carson.

He glances at me before turning back to the road. “I’m sorry,” he says.

“There is nothing to be sorry for. He has questions. I get it.”

When I look behind me, Cole has already moved up to the table behind us. He’s staring up at the moon already deep in thought.

“Thank you for getting me out of there.”

He nods, keeping his eyes trained on the road. “We got everything fixed on the van and put new tires on.”

I cringe. I’m all for helping others, but I’m not a big fan of accepting help. He continues, telling me about the oil and a few other minor things they took care of.

“I thought you wanted me to drive,” Cole says when he’s finished.

Carson shakes his head. “I got it, brother.”

“I’m sure you do,” he snips quietly behind me.

An uncomfortable silence follows, and I’m not sure if it’s because of me.