He did wave goodbye to Father Francisco who showed no unease at allowing the strange boy to head off with the strange couple. This reaction might have startled Joaquin a week ago, but nothing seemed odd anymore. Heidi had said Maximo would know what to do, but the boy remained silent in the backseat. When Joaquin inquired about anything from his wellbeing to where they should go next, Maximo only shrugged, his eyes focused on the horizon. The boy never asked about the unconscious Heidi or about the women from the prison. He just seemed to know the answers. Whatever those answers were, the boy’s face didn’t give Joaquin much hope. Joaquin stopped at a dump of a motel, not unlike the one where Heidi first came into his life. Upon their arrival, Joaquin did all he could to stop the bleeding from Heidi’s stomach wound, but it was useless. Only a hospital could save her and a hospital would leave her exposed. Her fate appeared hopeless, but Joaquin refused to accept that she would leave him.
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