Pippa turned on the radio and tuned in to a local station. It seemed astonishing that the cheerful host didn’t know what she’d done. He joked, talked about his dog and behaved like everything was normal, when it wasn’t. Pippa was free. That wasn’t normal at all.
He introduced a country song – the sassy sound of Taylor Swift singing ‘We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together’. Pippa had always liked that song, but now it was imbued with a special significance. She sang along at the top of her voice as she sped through the night, guided by the twin beams of her headlights.
Although Pippa was enjoying the music, what she really wanted to know was the time. The clock on the dash said 12 o’clock, but she soon realised it wasn’t working. It could be midnight or near dawn for all she knew. How lo
