Chapter 171

• “I never thought I’d say this, but sending her back was a mistake. We are only here because of her.” Ruby muttered under her breath as she covered for Fritz and his right hand, Drew.
• “Wrong.” Fritz inhaled another long drag of smoke into his lungs before tossing the cigarette butt on the ground and stomping over it. He loaded the handgun and leaned against the wall, catching a fleeting glimpse of the unisex salon across the stranded road. “We are here because the money is good, and nothing else.”
• “You possibly don’t believe that shit, do you?” Ruby grimaced, her murmurs becoming rougher and louder with each passing minute.