Chapter 25
Running
Dane drove the ute back to Hamilton, neither looking at Sophia nor engaging in conversation. Darren itched to occupy the other back seat but Dane kept him up front. Sophia wasn’t sure if he meant to deny her any friendly company or protect her from Darren’s heightened interest at the tension between the golden couple. She stared through the filthy glass for six hours, using the bathroom at garages along the route and fighting the urge to get out on the Desert Road and just run until she collapsed. The notices declaring the area an army g*n range for the next twenty kilometers made her think twice and she sulked in the back seat. Even the sight of Ruapehu’s unpredictable stratovolcano failed to interest her and by the time they reached Lake Taupo, Sophia felt beyond mis
