The two women stopped whispering after the driver of the car turned around and barked at them to shut up. They hugged each other tighter. Lucy worried over Maria who seemed to be fighting to stay conscious. The hit she took to the side of the head seemed to have caused a concussion or something. Lucy had zero medical experience except with farm cuts and bruises, so she couldn't really say, but she knew whatever was wrong with Maria couldn't be good.

Please stay with me, she ...