Chapter 25Trees; there were lots of trees.
On both sides of the road, thick woodland loomed...and still, Larry Smith gave no sign of stopping. Both the quarry and pursuers were far from the city, far from the suburbs, far from any of the places that the partners had supposed might be logical destinations...and still, the gray Honda continued to skim smoothly along.
The pursuit had already lasted for over a half-hour. Always keeping the Honda in sight, always careful to stay concealed in traffic, Dave and Billy had followed Larry on a convoluted route: first, they had taken the bypass from downtown Confluence to Highland Township; after winding through Highland, they had made the fifteen-minute run up the highway to the town of Coalville; a tour of Coalville and neighboring McConleyvil
