11 – The Abyss

Lyle awakes and looks sleepily at Zoey. "How far are we from the mountain pass, Mother?” Zoey smiles at him: "Don’t you worry, Lyle. I’ll wake you up. I know you don’t want to miss the ride through the pass.” She looks in her back mirror and frowns. "I wonder why this lorry keeps trailing us and doesn’t pass. He has been sitting on our tail since we left town.” Lyle turns around and looks at the lorry. "He’s now showing he wants to overtake us, mother.” "Thank heavens. It really is starting to work on my nerves. At last!” Lyle follows the lorry as it overtakes them. Two men are hiding on the open backside against the wind. The lorry accelerates and drives away quickly and becomes smaller in the distance. Zoey talks to the driver as if he can hear her: "Why haven’t you done it a long time ago? Did you have to pester me all the way?” "They look as if they are in a hurry, mother.” Lyle sees something in his back mirror. "Now there is a monster truck behind us, mother.” Zoey looks