But did she want to climb into that van? The one driven by the huge guy who was doing something deep in the woods at midnight that was surely suspicious? Walking on over and casually asking him for a ride was clearly not an option, so she’d have to sneak into the back while he was standing way over at the fire and hope hard that she didn’t get caught.
How smart is this?
Not very. But let’s keep thinking about it.
The man had gone back to the crackling fire now. Carefully, walking with her whole foot flat on the ground to minimize the noise, Iris snuck over to the side of the road to look at the vehicle more closely… and that’s when she saw that the van door was a little bit open and a tiny crack of light was spilling out from the back. She also saw the license plate.
Colorado.
A free
