He gazes at the people in the truck. "Are you driving back with them?  Smiling, I nod. "Yes." "With a bunch of dudes?" "Yes." "Is that safe?" My smile expands into a face consuming grin. " I am safer in that truck than I am anywhere else.
Jessica Sorensen, The Redemption of Callie & Kayden
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