336 Hitchhiking
In the evening, a group of young motorists are camping in the middle of the Gobi Desert, under a huge rock next to the road, and behind the boulder is a forest of giant cacti and desert iron trees.
Isabella sat around the campfire, wrapped in a blanket, staring blankly at the crackling flames.
A sweet-looking, blonde, blue-eyed white girl sat next to Isabella with a cup of hot cocoa, she handed the glass to Isabella, and said with a smile:
"This is not hot, you can drink it directly."
"Thank you."
Isabella took the glass and took a sip.
The girl's name is Carly, a native of Sam's Country, and she came to Mexico for a road trip with her boyfriend Wade, her college classmate Peggy, Peggy's boyfriend Dalton, and her brother Nick.
When Isabella was hungry and thirsty and didn't know where to go, she saw Carly and the others arrive on a dirt road in two cars. Carly kindly gives Isabella a ride, just as they prepare to travel to Tijuana and return from Tijuana to Sam's Country.
When Isabella learned the news, she was thrilled to know that she could finally go home.
However, when they were halfway there, the car they were driving suddenly turned on and they couldn't continue for the time being, so they decided to camp here for the time being.
Seeing their actions, Isabella had to admire the courage of Sam's people, but this Gobi Desert should be safer than the city, at least there are no people nearby.
As for whether the soldiers of Sam's Country will find her, Isabella is not sure, she can only pray to God that the soldiers will not find her.
Isabella knew very well that the soldiers weren't trying to send her home, and that the place they were going to was not a good place.
Carly looked at Isabella, who was silent, holding the glass of water, and after thinking for a moment, she asked:
"Does your father live in Tijuana?"
"Yes."
Isabella nodded and took another sip of hot cocoa.
"Actually, we can call your father to pick you up, do you know his number?"
"I don't know ......"
Isabella shook her head, her father's phone number was known only to his cronies, and she didn't dare to contact the bodyguards at home, she was afraid that those Sam's Country soldiers would know her location.
"Okay. ......," Carly smiled, "but you're running out like this, aren't you afraid your mother will worry about you?" ”
Isabella looked at Carly, who apparently thought she was a little girl who had snuck away from home to find her father in the big city.
She shook her head, sighed, and said:
"She didn't know I wasn't home."
"Huh?" Carly looked at her in surprise, "Why?" ”
Isabella pursed her lips and replied:
"Because she lives in Sam's Country."
"That's ...... so"
Carly nodded thoughtfully.
Isabella looked at Carly, who didn't explain too much, because she knew that if she told her the truth, she might hurt them.
However, Isabella is not a person who does not know gratitude, she decided to wait until Tijuana, and she must thank Carly and them, her pocket money should be enough for Carly to play in Tijuana for a few days.
At this time, a black man and a white woman came out of a tent behind the campfire, the black male was Dowton, and the white woman was Peggy, and the two were a rare black and white couple.
Carter's boyfriend, Wade, saw Dalton emerge from the tent and hurriedly beckoned him to go play football with him. Wade, an energetic white young man with a great deal of curiosity, asked Isabella so many questions when she got in the car that she almost slipped her tongue.
In response to Wade's invitation, Dalton said that he was tired now, but after Wade provoked him a few words, he still ran to play ball with Wade.
Peggy pulls Carly away, and the two girls walk towards the parked car, as if to whisper something between their best friends.
Isabella put the glass of water on the ground and looked to the side, not far away, there was a man sitting alone on a folding chair, only to see him with a cigarette in his mouth, a bottle of beer in his hand, looking up at the starry sky, he was Carter's twin brother, Nick.
At this time, Dalton threw the ball, but because it was dark, Wade did not catch it, and the football arced in the air and fell on Nick's head.
Wade saw it and hurriedly shouted:
"Be careful!"
Nick stared at the oncoming rugby ball and grabbed it with an understatement.
"I'm sorry."
Wade stepped forward to get the football back.
Nick stared at him, dropped his cigarette, jerked up from his folding chair, and threw the rugby ball at Dalton.
Dowton hurriedly went to pick it up, but the rugby was so fast and fierce that although he barely held the rugby in his arms, he almost fell to the ground.
Wade looked at Dalton, looked back at Nick, and said:
"You have a lot of arm strength, no wonder you got a scholarship to rugby."
Nick glanced at Wade, picked up the beer from the ground, and said disdainfully:
"It's a pity that I didn't have the life to go to college."
"yes."
Wade nodded, and stared at Nick without showing any weakness. It can be seen that he and his girlfriend's brother do not have a harmonious relationship.
"Wade!" Carly noticed that her brother and boyfriend were starting to fight again, and hurriedly ran over, she stood in front of her brother, and said to her boyfriend, "You and Dalton pack up the tent, is it okay?" ”
Wade looked at his girlfriend and took a deep breath, he nodded and replied:
"Yes."
With that, he turned and walked towards Dowton.
Carly looked at her boyfriend's back and sighed, she turned around and looked at her brother helplessly, she said:
"It doesn't matter if you blame me, but please don't take Wade out on you."
"Oh?" Nick smiled coldly and said, "Now, you finally admit that you hurt me?" ”
"You think I hurt you!"
Carly looked at her brother helplessly.
"You reported me to the police!"
"I didn't!" Carly glared at Nick, "I didn't tell the police where the car came from, and I didn't know if the car was dirty, why would you blame me!?" ”
"Because, you can lie for me!"
"You blamed me for stealing your own car," Carly shook her head, "It's the police who are to blame for your resistance to arrest, it's someone else's fault anyway." ”
"Yes!" Nick smirked contemptuously, "Who told him to want to flatten me?" ”
"Then you blame the coach for being kicked out of the team, right? It's also their fault that your parents kicked you out of the house, and the store manager blames the store manager for discriminating against you when you have a part-time job!? ”
Nick sneered:
"Because the people around me are stupid pigs."
"Are you deliberately angry with me?"
Carly's eyes widened, and it seemed that she had already started a real fire.
Nick turned his head, took a sip of beer, looked at his sister, who was about to go crazy, and said:
"Don't you understand? Between the two of us, you are the good one and I am the bad one. ”
Carly shook her head, and she said:
"Please be mature."
"I'm very mature, at least not like Wade, and now I'm living with my parents like a little kid."
Carly closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then she looked at her brother and nodded, and she said:
"Okay, that's it."
With that, she turned to Peggy and stopped talking to Nick.
Isabella looked at the arguing Carly siblings, and she didn't know why, but she felt a little envious in her heart.