Lovers Never Lie
“The impulse to turn back was overwhelming, to endure anything rather than look for Maria Argolis, even if it meant riding on a bus where the driver kissed the good luck charm hanging from his mirror before recklessly passing other vehicles in oncoming traffic.
Artemis was smaller than Stacia had imagined. A single shop and two or three houses straggled untidily along the road. Beyond that, there was nothing. She wasn't sure what she had expected, but she had imagined at the very least a cafe, s...ome place she could catch her breath and gather her courage.
And where was the church?
Behind her, the driver revved the bus's engine then with a strident blare of his horn, swung the vehicle out onto the road. She took a step after it, but stopped as the bus roared down the road away from her, gravel and dust churned up by its wheels.
A hand touched her elbow. "Sta..cia," Natolie said, pronouncing the foreign name haltingly, "you have friends meeting you?" "No," Stacia said. If only she had. She took a second glance around, praying that by some miracle a proper village might appear.MoreLess
Artemis was smaller than Stacia had imagined. A single shop and two or three houses straggled untidily along the road. Beyond that, there was nothing. She wasn't sure what she had expected, but she had imagined at the very least a cafe, s...ome place she could catch her breath and gather her courage.
And where was the church?
Behind her, the driver revved the bus's engine then with a strident blare of his horn, swung the vehicle out onto the road. She took a step after it, but stopped as the bus roared down the road away from her, gravel and dust churned up by its wheels.
A hand touched her elbow. "Sta..cia," Natolie said, pronouncing the foreign name haltingly, "you have friends meeting you?" "No," Stacia said. If only she had. She took a second glance around, praying that by some miracle a proper village might appear.MoreLess
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