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INTO THE INTERIOR
About two miles east of Metter, Georgia. On board an eighteen-wheel car-carrier tractor-trailer, heading west on Georgia Interstate 16.
He knew better than to remain hidden inside the brand-new Kia Sorento on the bed of the auto-transport truck for too long. The risks he had already undergone on board the container ship as it crawled across the Atlantic were enough. Now, barreling northwest on Georgia Interstate 16, he peered out to look at his surroundings. Pine trees lined both sides of the rural freeway and seemed to stretch for miles. The question was how to exit the moving tractor-trailer without being seen and without getting killed or injured. He glanced at his backpack as it lay upon the SUV’s floorboard.
A highway sign flew past. In a blur, he read the wor
