Dirty Power by Ashley Bartlett

Author:Ashley Bartlett [Ashley Bartlett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
ISBN: 9781602828964
Google: 4CnZMQEACAAJ
Amazon: B00EH3DTUO
Barnesnoble: B00EH3DTUO
Goodreads: 15843216
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2013-08-11T03:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Hitchhiking is hard with a group of five people. Like seriously.

When Reese suggested Greece, Sheer had gotten all excited. She’d shoved Sam’s shoulder and grinned triumphantly. He started laughing and nodding.

“All right. All right. You win.”

So we were walking through this valley in Greece. It was all farmland. Everyone had given up on hitchhiking except Caitlin. Every car that passed she would valiantly stick out her thumb and start praying. It wasn’t working.

I had settled on annoying Sheer.

“Why couldn’t you get us a ride?”

“Because my cousins don’t have Internet access. So I don’t have any way to contact them,” Sheer said.

“How is it remotely possible that they don’t have Internet?”

“If you haven’t noticed, we’re in the middle of nowhere.” Sheer gestured grandly at the olive trees on either side of the road.

“It’s cold,” I said.

“It’s warm considering it’s March,” Sheer said.

“That isn’t comforting.”

“It’s not raining. The sun is out. Enjoy it,” Sheer said.

“But—”

“Coop, shut up,” Reese cut me off.

“I like this weather,” Sam said.

“Tool,” I said.

“Oh, oh, guys.” A truck was coming. Caitlin jumped closer to the road and stuck out her thumb. The truck didn’t even slow down. “Fuck.”

“It’s only a few more miles to town. We can get a ride from there,” Sheer said.

“Miles?” I hated walking. I hated exercise.

“Walking is cheaper than anything else.” Sheer shrugged.

Oh, yeah. I forgot we were supposed to be broke college students. Not millionaire thieves on the run from the cops.

“Oh, another. Look.” Caitlin stuck out her thumb again.

Reese rolled her eyes at all of us. Took a single step closer to the road. Smiled at the truck driving toward us. It stopped.

“Why didn’t you do that an hour ago?” I asked her. She just arched an eyebrow.

The driver of the truck got out and said something. I didn’t understand him. No one else did either. He and Caitlin had an exaggerated conversation with hand gestures. Sheer told him the name of the town we were heading to. He smiled and nodded and waved us to the back of the truck.

Reese took one look at the dirty truck bed and glared at me. I shrugged. This was her plan, not mine. Everyone climbed in. Sam and I leaned against the wheel wells so the girls could line up against the back window of the truck. There was no tailgate. Hopefully, this guy wouldn’t go too fast. I stretched out my feet. Sam did the same. Seat belts are so overrated.

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