Chapter 94 All About Timing

Jos felt her stomach drop as they neared the state lines. Panic seized her chest as bile rose in her throat. "Pull over!" She cried out from the passenger seat. Before the car had even come to a complete stop, Jos was shoving the door open and bolting from the vehicle. She scurried through the tiny wooded area off the side of the interstate until she could no longer see the road and lost the contents of her stomach. Gentle hands gathered her hair and held it back as her stomach unloaded its contents a second time.

"What's the matter? You haven't said hardly anything since we left this morning; and now, you're throwing up?" Arei shook his head as he sat on the tree stump beside them and pulled her over to sit beside him. He patted her back while she wiped at her mouth with the back of her arm. "This isn't like you, kitten... tell me what's got you so tore up."