THE AMBUSH

I could literally feel the awkwardness.

Somehow I had gotten stuck sitting in between Joshua and Bea in the SUV.

We were using two pack vehicles, the first one - which was ahead of us - was being driven by Peter

with Allison, Joshua, Andre and Courtney riding with him.

The rest of us were with May.

Bea sat with her arms crossed against her chest and Joshua just stared out the window.

May didn't speak either and I wondered if she too understood the gravity of the situation. She was

Tristan's apprentice, which meant by default she had to know his brothers. How personal their

relationship was the question. Like how well did she understand Bea and Joshua's relationship?

We were driving past the town centre, I caught a glimpse of one of Chris' mother's employees

opening up the bakery. I sighed thinking about how she was probably starting a fresh batch of incrossbuns.

I had worked for Mrs Gonzalez for two summers in the past with Kat just to make a little pocket

money. It was a really fun e