The next morning Cora walked outside with me as I left the house.
Apparently, it wasn't good enough for her to know Nathan was outside waiting to take over, she and Nathan had to actually see each other in order for me to be properly handed from one to the other.
I thought Nathan would follow me as I drove my car, but he informed me I'd be riding with him. He was in one of the Drake Security tricked out Renault Sherpas, and he took Lauren's backpack from her and put it in the back seat — his way of letting me know nonverbally it wasn't open for discussion.
He might be an ass to me, but he was always a perfect gentleman to Lauren and Xiaolan, and I watched as he helped the two of them into the back seat. I opened the hatch and motioned Smokey in before silently taking my place in the passenger seat. Nathan didn't offer to help me into the vehicle, which was fine by me.
