Chapter 5
“You sure there’s a road here?” Chris said from the back seat.
Mark couldn’t remember ever driving in anything like this. His dad had rolled his window down and looked out as Mark gripped the wheel, slipping a few times even though his tires were good winter ones.
“How much farther?” Danny added from the back. “s**t, Mark, I can just make out a tree line. We go off the road, no one’s going to find us.”
“Both you two, knock it off,” Jed said. “Mark, just stay in the middle of the road…”
The defrost was on full blast as the snow and icy chill from the open window swept in. He spotted what he thought was the sign to the church at the edge of town.
“It’s right here,” he said. “Geez, that sign is completely covered in snow.”
The Jeep slid sideways as he turned down the driveway
