The Skull Ring
“Walter stepped onto the leaf-covered logging road that wound between the trees across the slope, looked in each direction, and climbed behind the wheel. Julia got in beside him, tired both from tension and exertion.
"What now?" Julia asked as Walter started the Jeep.
"I know a place where they might not find us." She touched his hand that was cupping the gear shift. "Why are you helping me?" He looked at her. "Let's just say I got a debt to pay." Walter pulled out onto the dirt road, the Jeep b...ouncing on the ruts. A few saplings had taken root in the roadbed, and the Jeep's bumper pushed them over. Their tracks were barely visible in the damp leaves.
The Jeep lurched over a rut and a book slid from beneath the seat and bumped Julia’s ankle. It was a Holy Bible. Walter saw her looking at.
“I got somebody riding shotgun,” he said. “You ought to try it sometime.”
“I’m not ready to believe in anything,” she said.
“Except the devil?”
She picked up the Bible and opened it.MoreLess
"What now?" Julia asked as Walter started the Jeep.
"I know a place where they might not find us." She touched his hand that was cupping the gear shift. "Why are you helping me?" He looked at her. "Let's just say I got a debt to pay." Walter pulled out onto the dirt road, the Jeep b...ouncing on the ruts. A few saplings had taken root in the roadbed, and the Jeep's bumper pushed them over. Their tracks were barely visible in the damp leaves.
The Jeep lurched over a rut and a book slid from beneath the seat and bumped Julia’s ankle. It was a Holy Bible. Walter saw her looking at.
“I got somebody riding shotgun,” he said. “You ought to try it sometime.”
“I’m not ready to believe in anything,” she said.
“Except the devil?”
She picked up the Bible and opened it.MoreLess
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