Chapter 0358

The attendant scanned our items slowly, never breaking eye contact with us. The intense smell of cigarettes was definitely coming from her. It was so strong now that it almost made me gag, and I felt my eyes begin to water.

"Seventeen-fifty," she said, her voice hoarse and gravelly. Enzo handed her a twenty dollar bill. "You want a bag?"

"Yes, please," Enzo replied, trying to sound casual. The attendant made a bit of a face, but retrieved a plastic bag from beneath the counter and began shoving our things in it. Enzo cleared his throat. "Erm... You happen to know if there's a bus stop or anything around here?"

The woman paused, her eyes slowly sliding up to look at Enzo. She let out a sharp snort. "Ain't no buses out here."

"W-What about a place to rent a car?" I asked sheepishly.

She looked me up and down, chewing a bit of tobacco in her mouth, and

I could, Enzo interrupted. "Listen," he said, somewhat sternly, "we really

by Enzo's sudden demand, and looked him up and down in the same way that she looked at me. She looked like she was about to tell us to

"Where ya headed?"

a beat-up pair of jeans and an even more beat-up pair of work boots. He was thin, a little too thin for someone that age, but I

and for some reason he seemed to trust him enough to tell him exactly where we needed to go. "We're

a long

old man snorted - much like the attendant behind the counter, but

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