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Forty-five minutes and Judith would be seeing Trevor again. It was still before three in the afternoon, so he was bound to be home, and likely alone. His wife and kids hadn't left him on a whim after all. He was sure to accept the car in payment too. An inveterate gambler doesn't just turn a new leaf one day, or so Judith was betting. All her eggs in one basket as the saying went. All but one, and it was a rotten one. Judith didn't want to think about hiking her ass through Nebraskan wild.
She watched Callie curl into a tired ball and waited five minutes, to resist temptation longer would invite a spectrum of unwanted thoughts. It was only a taste anyway. Gently, Judith retrieved the bottle of whiskey. Held between her thighs as she drove left-handed, she unscrewed the cap and took a generous mouthful before returning it. A liquid balm for her nerves, a silent prayer to whoever would listen, and Judith focused on the road ahead.
The lane that Trevor lived down, lush with vegetation and clumps of trees between each comely little bungalow, was soon approaching. Judith wasn't worried about getting there. She doubted anyone would notice the SUV. But she still kept her circumspection. They just needed to get on the water that was all. Judith repeated her plan in her head like a mantra, because maybe that would make it reality. Just maybe.
She watched Callie curl into a tired ball and waited five minutes, to resist temptation longer would invite a spectrum of unwanted thoughts. It was only a taste anyway. Gently, Judith retrieved the bottle of whiskey. Held between her thighs as she drove left-handed, she unscrewed the cap and took a generous mouthful before returning it. A liquid balm for her nerves, a silent prayer to whoever would listen, and Judith focused on the road ahead.
The lane that Trevor lived down, lush with vegetation and clumps of trees between each comely little bungalow, was soon approaching. Judith wasn't worried about getting there. She doubted anyone would notice the SUV. But she still kept her circumspection. They just needed to get on the water that was all. Judith repeated her plan in her head like a mantra, because maybe that would make it reality. Just maybe.