Chapter 37

It was ten minutes later before the train finally began to rattle and steam, ready to move. Pete and Nick had both began to look for Valeria, all the bathroom stalls had been empty except for one where two young girls were doing really noisy things. They had searched the tickets area, the cafeteria, the magazine stand and everywhere else in the station but Valeria was nowhere to be found. Pete had decided that they board the train and leave Oregon like they had planned, the local news was already reporting the fire outbreak, gunshot and dead body found in the early hours of the morning and their neighbours at the flat had mentioned a couple and a brother in-law having stayed in the flat. A description had no doubt been given and he knew if he stayed in Oregon longer, he and Nick would be fished out and that would be game over. "Call her again" Pete said as he went inside the train and took his seat. "Line's still off" Nick replied "Fuck that snake! That bitch" Pete swore angrily an