Chapter 141 4Locked Bunk

• The back of the bus went quiet a little after two.
• Franklin stood up, took Eloise’s hand, and led her down the narrow aisle past closed bunk curtains and the low sound of someone snoring. His bunk was the last one on the left. He slid the door open, pulled her inside, and locked it from the inside with a soft, final click.
• The space was small. It contained a narrow mattress, a reading light, a thin wall between them and the rest of the band. The engine’s vibration moved through the frame of the bed. Eloise still wore only her shirt. Franklin looked at her in the low light like he had been waiting hours instead of minutes.