Patrick didn’t want to go. The fact that she was insisting they must go made him want to go even less. He had no desire to make small talk with strangers he would never again see just to be polite. But she insisted that Patrick go, and she would soon find out that this would be the biggest mistake she could make in their relationship.

One foot in front of the other, One more step, and then one more. Jack’s only thoughts were to keep moving no matter how much his body screamed to stop and rest. He’s lost almost all his energy and his entire body ached beyond belief, but he forced himself to take another step. Then another. And then one more.

All he wanted was a candy bar. It didn’t seem like a difficult request to comprehend, but the clerk remained frozen and didn’t seem to want to honor the request. It might have had something to do with the gun pointed at his face.