Hammerhead by Bond Jason Andrew

Author:Bond, Jason Andrew [Bond, Jason Andrew]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Science fiction
Publisher: Jason Andrew Bond
Published: 2011-08-22T07:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Stacy followed Leif to the edge of the clearcut and found that the briars there grew higher than their heads, a solid wall of thorns. Farther east, the briars thinned to ferns and broad-leafed plants. They hiked through the underbrush to the south and found a deer trail. Branches grew over the trail, and Stacy had to stoop and push bushes aside to enter the forest. As they walked, the air remained cool in the deep shade of the old trees.

“So do you have a boyfriend or…?” Leif asked.

The question made Stacy uneasy, and she considered lying, but then said, “No.”

“Oh,” Leif said.

Stacy felt that he wanted to say more and wished he wouldn’t. She said nothing more. As she walked, listening to the cracks of twigs under their feet and the buzzing of insects, the moment passed.

Within the hour, after a few dead ends, they stepped down a steep bank to the gravel shoulder of the road. The new pavement lay under a hallway of trees. Moss tinted the edges of the blacktop green. In a moment, an electric whine rose up from around the corner and a car flashed by. The driver looked at them as he passed.

“I think we should set out before nightfall so we can get someone to pick us up and take us to town before dark,” Leif said. “We’ll have a hard time catching a ride on this road at night.”

A semi rolled by as Stacy spoke.

“What?” Leif asked.

“I said, sounds good to me.”

They stood on the road for a moment more. Stacy felt as if there was something more she should do, some more planning or surveillance, but nothing came to mind. Another car passed and, when it had gone, Stacy turned and walked back into the forest. Leif followed her up the bank.

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