Literature
Alone
She leaned further over the dashboard the closer we got to the barricade, where three guards in green toted guns that should have been too heavy. Their faces remained hard as we approached.
"Let me do the talking," I told her.
"They're going to let us in, right?" she asked, the hope draining from her face.
"They have to, but I know how these guys are. I'll make sure we get in as soon as possible."
She nodded. "I trust you."
We stopped shy of the doors, and a guard took a spot at each side of the car. I put the windows down and they scanned our eyes, and when the beep produced was satisfactory, the third guard approached my side.
"Yo