Gabriel

It was Cassandra's suggestion.

"You know, it's best to go without notice so that we do not give anyone who has a plan, an upper hand."

Those were Cassandra's exact words.

I already knew I could not oppose her safety suggestions at this point, judging by how a few things had played out lately.

"You will find out that it's the best thing you decided to do."

That was from Joe, not long before we hit the road. Another one of those things that made me question both him, his intuition and ...