• My old rusty piece-of-crap pickup roared down the highway. I was lost in thought, not concentrating on my driving too much. With an absent glance out the window, I saw a young woman- only about twenty I’d guess- holding a cardboard sign with tidy handwriting.
    “Will suck for food”
    A wide grin stretched over my lips and I let my truck slow. I smiled to her out the window and muttered a simple phrase. “Get in.”
    Her strangely violet eyes were unafraid and seemingly experienced. She nodded and walked around, placing her sign carefully in the cab between us.
    Neither of us spoke on the way to my home.
    I led her through the living room into my small bedroom.
    Her eyes danced around the room then back to me. “In here?”
    I simply nodded, and soon enough, she was to my side. “Sit down.” she ordered.
    Looking into her violet eyes, I couldn’t help but to obey, so I took a seat at the edge of my bed- giddy with excitement.
    Surprisingly, she climbed up on the bed too and crawled behind me. Her fingers gingerly touched my shoulders and she kissed my neck lightly. Then I felt two pinpricks on my neck…