28 Pain

Lana, Rel, and Rachel drove all the way home. There was silence in the car, and neither of the two wanted to talk to the other. Rachel didn’t know what she should say to her friend, but she focused on driving smoothly, adjusting the side mirrors to the best view for her. She stared at Lana once in a while and nodded her head each time. She didn’t deserve to go through all the pain that she was facing; she needed a lot of rest. Everything had been coming out rough for Lana lately, and at this rate, she could even fall into depression or fall ill. That was the last thing she wanted for her friend. Rachel’s mind let lots of thoughts rave through at once. Thoughts of anger surged through her veins as she thought about Lana’s scandalous affair incident with Mark and ways to spite him for what he did. Mark, who was also arrested with Leia, got out of prison before her and just abandoned her there, like he was the only one that was arrested. He made no attempt to bail her out once he wa