I would awaken at the sight of the car itself having been as black as tar with the only illumination coming from the sight of a cigarette butt luminescent and its following smoke disappearing along with those ignited embers. Assessing the scene of the vehicle parked at a rather hidden spot covered by dozens of trees towering nearby, only a small beam of moonlight made its way through the evergreen canopy as my gaze began to adjust to this stygian darkness. I pulled myself from the passenger seat of the car to notice the road at our backs at quite a distance and the look of hesitance upon Easton’s face as I made myself known to him.
“Where are we?” I asked as he let out a sigh.
“Easton?” He would extinguish the cigarette beneath the toes of his shoe before looking back at me.
“We’re r
