Chapter 2
I heard the screeching of the brakes and he was turning the wheel sharply to avoid the unhealthy debris of a broken branch. My fingernails were gripping the dashboard…white knuckling it all the way. He slammed into a tree and it was a good thing we were wearing our seatbelts.
The rain was teeming and there was no way to see anything in front of us. The sky had darkened and the only light was the lightning flashing every few seconds.
“I’ve only been here once, but I think we can take a shortcut through the woods from here.”
He surveyed the damage to his jeep and the sizzle of the radiator followed by a plume of steam confirmed that it was no longer road worthy.
“I’m not getting any signal.”
I was waving my hand in the air with my phone trying to pick up anything.
“I would
