Tali's POV
Hours later, Dayne is pulling off a winding mountain road surrounded by tall trees that stretch up into the sky. Although it's the middle of the day, in the deep forests of rural Colorado you wouldn't think it is. It's almost dark because of how densely populated the trees are.
Since my one failed attempt to convince Dayne to stop at Walmart for clothes, I've stayed silent and he has too. He comes to a stop at a gas station in a small town that appears to be made up of little more than a grocery store, a small diner, a hairdresser, and a mechanic/gas station.
Other than two men wearing blue aprons unloading boxes from the back of a white van into the grocery store, there's not a soul on the street, though the trucks parked up outside the diner convince me there is some life t
