Together -- Chapter 38

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“They need better security. Seriously,” Becky said after she and Jeff had gotten back to their motel room the late next night.

“I don’t understand why we had to do this at all,” Jeff said. “I thought you told me that you and Max ‘went to the ATM’ the night before we left.”

Becky shook her head. “We did, but that was because Max needed the money. I had some with me at the time and that was enough for where we stayed last night and for this room tonight. Besides, Max and I didn’t ‘go to the ATM’ right away. We stopped at the museum to catch that special midnight viewing of that new display first. Then we got the cash and then we grabbed some sushi before we went back to our respective apartments.”

“What is it with you and sushi?” Jeff teased.

Becky rolled her eyes. “You know damn well why I’m practically a sushi fanatic, Jeff. Same reason why Max has chicken every chance she gets, not to mention how happy she gets when you put a chicken and anchovy pizza in front of her.”

“Chicken and anchovies?” Jeff repeated as they went inside. He made a face. “I know our respective heritages and all that, but isn’t that a little much to have both on a pizza at the same time?”

“It’s good,” Becky insisted. “Don’t knock it ‘till you try it.”

“I’ll just take your word for it for now,” Jeff said.

“Good,” Becky said.

“So, where’s our next stop?” Jeff asked. “Do you want to stop in on your brothers first?”

“In a few days, I think,” Becky said. “Let’s just ride around for a few days then I guess I’ll stop in on whoever happens to be closest to me.” She shrugged. “You don’t have to stay with me the whole time, you know. If you want to go off and do your own thing for awhile or whatever, I don’t mind.”

“Maybe,” Jeff said. “Right now, though, I’d like to stick around with you.”

“It’s not that I mind your company,” Becky said. “I really don’t. I like your company, I...”

“It’s cool,” Jeff said, grinning.

They took off the backpacks they had been wearing and opened them. Becky took some equipment out of hers while Jeff took out a pile of bills. “How much did we get?” Becky asked.

“At least a couple of thousand,” Jeff said. “There are some large bills in here.” They waited for a moment while Jeff finished counting the money. “Yep, we got about fifty grand here.”

“Nice,” Becky said. “I wish we could have taken more, but it’s not like we could have left our gear behind.”

“I know,” Jeff said. “That was fun.”

Becky smirked. “You would enjoy breaking into a bank’s vault. Max would, too.”

“Like you didn’t have fun grabbing that money,” Jeff said.

“Okay, maybe I did have a little fun,” Becky said.

“Now, what are we going to do with all this money...?” Jeff said.

“Sushi?” Becky teased.

Jeff rolled his eyes. “Very funny.”

“Thanks,” Becky said. She sat down on her bed and took off her jacket. “This should keep us fed for a few weeks at least.”

“Either that or it should give us each a full tank of gas for our bikes,” Jeff said. “The prices around here are worse than they are in Seattle.”

“Tell me about it,” Becky said.

“I want to check up on Ralph while we’re on the road,” Jeff said. “Probably within the next week or so.”

Becky tried to recall what Jeff had told her earlier. “Ralph is...312?”

“No, 334,” Jeff said.

“Not my fault she chose a boy’s name,” Becky said.

“Not mine, either,” Jeff said.

“I know,” Becky said. “I think I need to get my two hours now.”

“You and me both,” Jeff said. “It’s amazing how breaking into a vault can take it right out of you.”

“That game of Capture the Flag that they had our units play against each other a few days before the fire was harder than the bank and you weren’t even breathing heavy after that one,” Becky teased.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah,” Jeff said. Becky laughed.

“Sorry,” she said. “You wanna go get some food before we get some sleep?”

“At two in the morning?” Jeff said. “We’re not exactly in Seattle, Becky. I seriously doubt that we’re gonna find a place that’s gonna be open now around here and according to the map that we were looking at this afternoon, the next thing that even resembles a decent town is at least another thirty or forty miles away. I seriously doubt that there’s gonna be some place open there.”

“You must be tired if you don’t want to ride into that town to see if we can get food,” Becky said.

“I am,” Jeff said.

“I guess food will wait until the complimentary Continental breakfast in the morning,” Becky said. She shrugged.

“Sorry,” Jeff said.

“It’s okay,” Becky said. “Like I said, I’m kind of tired myself. I should just get my butt into bed.”

“You do that,” Jeff muttered.

Becky grinned when she looked over and saw that Jeff had fallen asleep in his clothes. “Good night to you too, Jeff.”

TBC