10
It was past midnight by the time they pulled into Quartzsite once again to make another pit stop. Hayley had actually fallen asleep somewhere around Beaumont, lulled by the rumble of the Camaro’s engine and her overwhelming weariness. Besides, there hadn’t been much point in staying awake, not with Levi in the front seat and her brother Brandon playing the part of unknowing chaperone. They wouldn’t have been able to talk about anything important anyway.
The fluorescent lights from the gas station blared out into the blackness of the desert night. This was the last gas station on the east side of town, before the highway headed out once again into no man’s land. Lucinda stirred as Hayley unbuckled her seatbelt and climbed out of the back seat, but it seemed that Levi’s sleep spell was
