Olivia POV

Jesse had cars ready for us because of course, he did. Between him and Ellis, there was no way they wouldn’t have thought of everything.

Bethany was taken to one of the cars by Jesse, as we got into the others. Lynn, Uncle Anthony, and Carl in one, and Ellis and me in the other.

Carl looked different after a few shots of painkillers, and a few bandages applied field-medicine style by one of Jesse’s assorted associates.

My own feelings for ...