9 Shameful (1/2)

'He seems to have understood our situation, so if he intends to make us an offer, it's maybe because he is thinking of taking us with him.'

Nothing was done but it was enough to rekindle Judith's hope.

”What are you offering us?”

'Nothing is free in life and he has the upper hand, hope his request will not be too excessive...'

”How far do you want to go?”

he answered while closing the fourth jerrycan he had just filled.

”Coatesville! it's 45 miles from here to the north!”

She didn't hide her enthusiasm.

'Now his intentions are clear and it's totally possible to negotiate, Coatesville isn't far from here and at the exact opposite of the direction where the crater site is.'

”It's possible then, I will help you to get there quickly, in return I would like you to answer some of my questions, are you okay with it?”

'Just questions! if that's it, no problem at all. Damn! This guy became our savior while we wanted to steal his car!'

Her joy was interrupted by her brothers, Josh pulled her jacket and Ewan addressed the guy.

”Can we talk about it between us for a minute please?”

Turning towards them Judith immediately understood in their gazes that they were much more hostile to the idea of ​​traveling with this stranger than her.

”You know, I don't absolutely need the information I'm going to ask you, as soon as I put these jerrycans in the trunk of my car, my offer will be obsolete.”

She hoped that what they had to say was important because the guy was already starting to put his jerrycans on each of his arms.

Josh then expressed his concerns.

”Judith, do you really think we can trust a guy we just met? What's more, he has two fucking corpses at his feet! I was thinking it was a good idea of letting you manage it, but now I can't be quiet, look at what he did to this poor dog!”

”I agree with Josh, we don't know what happened here but we can't trust such a suspicious guy.”

Ewan was of the same opinion and she felt that she had to clear up the misunderstanding as quickly as possible.

The guy was going to leave and with the image that her brothers had of him, she knew that they would do some bullshit.

She didn't have the time to do it, apparently, they had been too noisy.

”Do you know I'm right next to you and can hear everything you say? Pff... just wait a second.”

He didn't seem more upset than that that Josh and Ewan call him a murderer. She also had the impression to see on their faces that they began to doubt their version because with his 4 jerrycans under his arms preventing him from making any movements with them, he didn't look hostile at all.

He approached the corpse of the 'dog' and flipped it over to them with his shoe.

”Is that what the definition of a dog is for you?”

They were all shocked to see a creepy human face on the body of this so-called 'dog', Josh the first.

”Flip it over! Damn, it's disgusting!”

Ewan apologized and even showed him respect.

”Sorry to have treated you like this, you have balls to have been able to kill this thing while you look even younger than all of us.”

He ignored him and turned back to Judith.

”Is the deal still good?”

”Yep, we will help you carry the jerrycans and we can answer your questions in the car on the way.”

She wondered if there was a problem with what she had said when she saw the boy's questioning look.

”I never said we would go together, I said I would help you get to your destination quickly.”

'I don't understand anything anymore! How do you want us to get back to Coatesville quickly without a car!'

Ewan and Josh's brains were also overheating.