XVIII
when shadows fade
Vera came back from her bathroom break with some news that she could see lights in the distance further down the hill. It seemed as though it would be quicker to walk there, whatever was actually down there, than hike back to the trailer park. By that point I could feel sleep fighting to consume me but I did not regret for a moment my little outing. We couldn’t waste any time because if Dmitry woke up and discovered that the girls were nowhere to be found we’d have a big problem on our hands.
As we reached the other side of the patch of trees I could see several work trailers with their lights on in a clearing and several trucks arriving on a dirt road beyond the trees. As we got closer I noticed a sign that read Red Deer Environmental Cleanup and workers had ju
