Sooner Dead (Gamma World) - Mel Odom [129]
in my world, I know the predators here. Most of them at least.” She shook her head. “And I don’t trust you. Not now and not ever. You can’t just fix trust when it’s been broken. I can do a lot of things, but I can’t do that.” She turned and walked away from him, knowing her answer had hurt him but that it had been true.
Stampede stood beside Daisy and waited.
“What?” Hella grinned at him. “Did you really think you’d be rid of me that easily?”
“I wasn’t sure.”
“You didn’t like Riley from the beginning.”
“Not when I saw he was interested in you.”
“If I decide to spend time with a guy, it’ll be one you approve of.”
“We’ll see.”
Hella vaulted onto Daisy’s back. “I’m ready to shake the dust of this place off me.”
“Me too.” Stampede called out to the rest of their group. Scatter and Ocastya walked hand in hand, but Colleen and Alice—very excited by the prospect of riding the mountain boomer—joined Hella on Daisy.
Together they headed west down the mountain. Hella looked back at Riley standing apart from the rest of the team, but she had no regrets.
THE END