My Daughter's Boyfriend by Daniel Hurst

Author:Daniel Hurst [Hurst, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Daniel Hurst
Published: 2023-06-02T16:00:00+00:00

22

ELLIE

‘Come on, it’s not far,’ Daryl says to me as he tries to convince me to follow him along another trail on this mountain, the same mountain we just watched the spectacular sunrise from. ‘It’s about ten minutes down here, and I promise you’ll love it when you get there.’

‘No, I want to go back now,’ I reply, repeating what I’ve already said to my boyfriend several times since we got back to our feet and stepped away from the cliff edge. I know the car is just on the other side of those boulders, and all I want to do is get back in it so we can drive to the city and I can see Mum again before she wakes up and finds me gone. But Daryl doesn’t want to do that and prefers to not only stay out here, but keep going further into the wilderness, all in the name of showing me something else that I might like.

Perhaps if he hadn’t got so weird and quiet when I mentioned other girls earlier, then I would be more willing to follow him to the next place. But I sensed a shift in him when I did, and that’s why I feel awkward around him again, just like I did when we were in the car driving out here. I hate that I feel like I can’t trust him fully yet, but it’s only natural because I’m still getting to know him. Maybe if he didn’t give me any reason to get worried, then it would be easier, but right now, all he is doing is making me more anxious.

‘Come on, Ellie. What’s the problem? You’ve come all this way to see me, so let me show you around,’ Daryl says, frustration creeping into his voice as he beckons for me to join him by the trail.

‘I’m just really tired,’ I try. ‘I hardly slept. Maybe we could come back later in the week when I’m more in the mood for it.’

I hope that will work, and it sure is better than me being truthful. The fact is I feel on edge, not just because Daryl is being a little strange, but because we don’t have deserts back home or large birds that circle overhead and make strange noises. I’m in unfamiliar territory, and I know I’d feel much better if we were somewhere more populated. Just being around a few other people would make me less worried, but now, even with Daryl, I feel a little isolated. And all Daryl wants to do is take me somewhere even quieter and more isolated than here.

‘But it’s such a long drive out here. We might not have time to come back again,’ Daryl says. ‘Come on, let’s go.’

Daryl turns and heads along the trail then, but even though I don’t want to go, I feel like I have no choice but to follow him because he has the car keys, so there’s not much I can do without them. I couldn’t even go and sit in the car, never mind drive out of here.

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