The Beta
Chapter 6-Home
The two-and-half hour ride home from Dallas was mostly quiet. The only sounds that could be heard were the whispers from Gary and Toby in the third-row seats. Chris was driving, while Xak was staring out the passenger side window. Jacob and Xena were both asleep in the middle seats. Mostly they thought about Richard and Nicolas. Nobody could mourn for either one’s death, since in the end both were happier than they had been most of their lives. Once Xak had real