The journey to recovery

Chapter 5

Chapter five

Stage: Hostility and Deceit

I awoke once I hacked and spat out water. Where did that come from? Once again I shut my eyes to hear a few voices.

" Is he okay?"

" Yeah he's breathing"

" He's lucky you spotted him on time"

" Could you keep it down I'm trying to sleep" I pointed out. " You're welcome" huffed a male voice.

" You all can leave and not listen to him anymore thank you"

" Lucky bastards" announced a female voice with a slight accent. Nante !

" Come on Troy let's get out of here" she said.

" Where are we going?"

" Back to the truck, up we go " she replied as she hauled me up from the sleeper.

" What are you talking about we're in the truck I don't wanna leave I want to stay in the truck" I told her.

" Well that explains why you fell into the lake,Troy you're drunk aren't you?" She asked before I began to laugh.
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The scarf slapped me across the face as I wound it around my neck which I frowned at while I slung my backpack handle over my shoulders.

" Troy" barked Vixen outside from the hallway. " Out of all the truck drivers in the state I got harpy" I grumbled.

" If she's so evil then why are you on this trip with her?" chuckled Evan at his bed.

" Because she's my only ride to Houston" I answered before I shook his hand goodbye.

" Man you know you can hear me " she exclaimed at the door. A gentle call to remind me we have to leave at seven  thirty sharp who wouldn't love this weirdo?

I went around her and strolled to the parking lot where the truck was.

It dawned on me it was Vixen with the keys yet it was my turn to drive.

A smile crept up on my face when she arrived  I had to hack a cough to hid it.

" The keys...please" I  requested to her stare. " You'll get the keys when we are off the road again" her voice emerged from her  nearly masked face.

After the swing and miss of the door from Vixen's  murder attempt I climbed into the truck pulling the scarf away from my face.

To regret instantly I was just about to turn on the heat only to get my hand swatted away.

" Ow"

" No heat it wastes gas" Cheapskate!

" When am I driving ?" I blurted replied by an indignant look.

" I just told you when we're off the road again"

" But-" I shut up when the degree of the stare rose up. " Off the road got it" I repeated.

I sunk in my seat and watched the cars pass by while honk at us a lot.
" You're not going to do anything?" I asked.

" Who said I didn't" she replied  her eyes fixed on the road,there's a way her eyes feel warm in this clement climate actually her whole face look...
bright!

This was freaking me out so I looked out the window again at that moment we took the expressway to the back road that looked a lot like Uncle Jack's farm.