“We don’t have money for that,”Meadowsaid.
“Iknow.”
“What are we goingtodo?”
“I don’t know,” Daisy said. “But Andy will figure something out. Healwaysdoes.”
Her brother was nothing if not resourceful. He’d find a way out ofthismess.
“I hate being broke all the time,”Meadowsaid.
“Me too. Do you ever think about stopping somewhere for a few months? We could get jobs,saveup.”
“For what?” Meadow frowned. “If we stop now, we’ll end up just like the all the other squares. Do you really want to be asellout?”
“No.”
“Why are you even asking about a job? River can get us anything we need. He might be lazy in some respects, but he can sure hustle when we’rebroke.”
“You’re right,”Daisysaid.
“Don’t sweat it. Save it for the hike back to town.Unless…”
“What?”
“Unless he can take us.” Meadow pointed toward the frontwindow.
Daisy turned around to find Greg standing with his hands balled into fists at his sides. He stalked over to the passenger window and motioned for her to roll it down. She did so reluctantly. Boy were they in foritnow.
Chapter5
“IthoughtI told you to leave,” Gregsnapped.
He rubbed the throbbing vein in his neck. He couldn’t believe they were still on his property. They’d promised to leave twice and theyhadn’t.
“We’re trying to,”Daisysaid.
“Hey, get away from my sister.” Andy hurried up from behind the bus. “We were on our way out but ourenginedied.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me,”Gregsaid.
“Trust me,” Andy said. “I want to get out of here as much as you want us to leave, but we’restuck.”
“What’s theproblem?”
“Something’s wrong with the engine. We haven’t figured out what yet,”Andysaid.
“Want me to take a look?” Gregasked.
“Sure.”
He followed Andy to the back of the bus and looked into the engine. He fiddled with various valves and lines but nothing was broken or disconnected. As he continued to poke around the engine, the car door opened and shut. He glanced up to find Daisy watching him. She bit the edge of her nail while shewatchedhim.
Although his heart ached at the thought of never seeing her again, he had to get them off his property. He leaned back and whipped a bead of sweat fromhisbrow.
“You guys don’t happen to have a tool set, do you?” heasked.
“No,” Riverreplied.
