We left the shopping center, and Aly didn't waste any time taking the route out of town. After a few minutes on the main road, she turned onto a detour that, if she hadn't been driving, I might never have noticed.
"I thought you said you're neighbors with the twins," I said, surprised because as far as I remembered, when we went to the party I wished to erase from my memory, we hadn't taken this route.
"That's right. This is just a shortcut," Aly replied.
The road led us into the endless forest that surrounded the town and stretched beyond the mountains.
"Is it far?" I asked.
"Not too far," Aly said, offering me a smile. "It's less than half a mile from this road. After that, we'll get onto a paved one."
I couldn't imagine where this road might lead, as it seemed to venture deep into
