Kade by Dana Archer

Author:Dana Archer [Archer, Dana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946672940
Publisher: Cherokee House Publishing LLC

Nineteen

Kade

The woman with one hand on the steering wheel and the other fisting the gear shift belongs behind the wheel of my favorite car. Seeing Zoe in my bed that one time elicited the same feelings. I can’t say I understand what’s in her head now any more than I did then, however. The silence since we climbed into the ’Cuda doesn’t help me uncover her innermost thoughts. Now more than ever, I need to know what she’s thinking.

“What do you want to talk about?” The generic question puts the ball in her court, and Zoe has no issues with taking control. When she wants to talk, that is.

She downshifts. The car jerks, and the engine revs. Trees rush by as the car climbs the mountain, the curves in the road doing little to slow her aggressive pace. “Stuff I wish you’d known before you gambled and lost on me.”

Zoe can handle the road, and the ’Cuda can handle Zoe. All that’s left is how I deal with this moment.

I relax against the seat, letting the quiet grow as the miles fall behind us. If Zoe didn’t want to talk, she wouldn’t have brought me out here. She would’ve driven away without me and left me wondering what I missed or messed up, just as she did months ago.

Considering this road leads to the mountain overlook where she lost her baby and fiancé, I have a feeling I can guess what she wants to discuss, especially if Jarah told her any of the things he told me. Nothing she says will change this thing between us, however. Doesn’t mean I can’t give her this chance to voice what’s eating her up inside.

The weight of Zoe’s stare burns me. I don’t acknowledge her probing glare. The turnoff where I parked my car the night she shot me is up ahead. I’ll find out soon enough what she wants me to know.

Zoe slows the car, proving my guess on our destination was correct, then pulls to the side of the road and cuts the engine. Unlike the last time we walked through these woods, sunlight brightens the area and draws attention to the overgrowth and neglect, but the hints of past activity—the worn indentions in the ground and an arrangement of rocks marking a path through the trees—linger as a reminder of a past I wasn’t a part of.

“Back in high school, this was a popular spot. The cops even made regular rounds through here, stopping by at least once a weekend, hoping to catch kids in the act or an underage drinking party.”

“Did they ever get anyone?”

“Oh yeah.” Zoe smirks but never takes her gaze off some distant point. “Lots. They never caught me and BJ, though. Or our little group. Of course, we always miraculously got away before the cops started tramping through the woods.”

“Vince alerted you, didn’t he?”

“Yes. When we were all out together.” Zoe grips the top of the steering wheel with her linked hands. “When it was just me and BJ, luck was always on our side.

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