Chapter 23

With nothing to eat, and nothing more to do than stare at the fire and occasionally glance back at where Colin still stood in the nearby forest staring at nothing, Jimmy and Marko soon wrapped themselves in their bedding and lay down beside each other, staring up at the Milky Way through the trees.  Jimmy had the pocket knife open beneath the covers in his right hand, while Marko had taken the wheel spanner.  They were not taking any chances.  Things had gone from bad to strange, and now they were ready for whatever came next.  The rasping, wet breathing of the bus driver on the opposite side of the fire was a horrible sound, and Jimmy tried to block it out by keeping his mind active.  He replayed the events of the past two days in his mind,...

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