Strangers
14 Spinning around

"You should have turned left,” she tells him.

“What?”

“You should have gone left, there’s a sign, you’ve taken the wrong road,” she says. He slows right down, to an almost stop, and looks around. There is the sound of police helicopters above them.

“Well, I can’t turn here.”

“You can back-up.”

He stops, selects reverse, and drives back the way. The sound of overhead spinning rotor-blades becomes louder. He passes a post with small white signs, pointing in three different directions, at a junction. He chooses the right road, this time, and they head off, down a country lane.

They don’t say anything for a while, but they glance at each other now and then. He occasionally gives her a friendly wink. She chooses to remain aloof.

14 Spinning around

"You should have turned left,” she tells him.

“What?”

“You should have gone left, there’s a sign, you’ve taken the wrong road,” she says. He slows right down, to an almost stop, and looks around. There is the sound of police helicopters above them.

“Well, I can’t turn here.”

“You can back-up.”

He stops, selects reverse, and drives back the way. The sound of overhead spinning rotor-blades becomes louder. He passes a post with small white signs, pointing in three different directions, at a junction. He chooses the right road, this time, and they head off, down a country lane.

They don’t say anything for a while, but they glance at each other now and then. He occasionally gives her a friendly wink. She chooses to remain aloof.