After what felt like an eternity, Kevin turned off the road onto a quiet side street lined with trees. Tonight the radio was low between them, a mellow soundtrack murmuring beneath their own thoughts. They passed several suburban homes, the lawns well-kept and busy with people taking advantage of the lovely end of summer weather to catch up on last minute landscaping. Jo wondered if Kevin knew where he was going, or if he just wanted to drive around for a bit, get whatever was in his system worked out before they talked. He thought it was pretty obvious where any conversation they had would go. Driving around would only prolong the inevitable, wouldn’t it?
Finally Kevin pulled onto a dirt road, nothing more than two ruts leading off into the woods at the dead end of the cul-de-sac. He dro
