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From the start, Alejandra decided that she was really glad that she was on the same side as Hector. He definitely put the bad in badass. And then he kept getting better.
In the Ferrari—which was one of the coolest rides she’d ever had (it grabbed low and yanked her ahead like a s****l shot)—they’d caught up to the bus and the escorting SUVs close to the border station.
Hector had simply waved a hand out the window as they passed, for the SUVs to keep following the bus. He’d slipped in ahead of them all just at the border.
Whatever ID he showed the border guard had certainly gotten his attention. After a few whispered instructions, the guard let the Ferrari and the school bus roll through.
Hector stopped the car before the bus was fully out of the border crossing control lane, trappi
