The two women stopped whispering after the driver of the car turned around and barked at them to shut up. They hugged each other tighter. Lucy worried over Maria who seemed to be fighting to stay conscious. The hit she took to the side of the head seemed to have caused a concussion or something. Lucy had zero medical experience except with farm cuts and bruises, so she couldn't really say, but she knew whatever was wrong with Maria couldn't be good.
Please stay with me, she thought silently to the other woman, holding Maria's limp body tight.
Lucy was so worried about Maria that she barely noticed when they arrived at their destination until the car jerked to a stop and she almost slammed into the seat in front of her. She put a hand up and braced both herself and Maria. Maria moaned and
