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ruin that trust.
    To get home I had
to take the main road in town. It was one lane going each ways and the
streetlights were few and far between. It is a road that could be scary at
night but not to me. I had walked this road several times before.
    About ten minutes
after I started to walk a car slowed down and pulled up to my side.
    “Hey Mia, why are
you walking by yourself at this hour? Don’t you know how unsafe that is?” a man
said from the driver’s seat.
    Thank God a
friendly face.
    Kyle Monroe had
now stopped his car and was waiting for me to answer. I had known Kyle my whole
life. I guess that’s the plus of being from a small town. He was attractive and
a lot of women wanted him. He was nineteen and had graduated from my high school
last year but decided to stay in town.
    God only knows why
because I couldn’t wait to leave here. In a little over two years I would be
eighteen and I could leave this town and never look back. The small town life
where everyone barely gets by was not for me.
    “Oh, hi Kyle. I
was at a party with Chelsea but she wasn’t ready to leave yet. I was suppose to
be home hours ago so I decided to walk home.” It was sweet that he was
concerned for me.
    I leaned into the
passenger side window to get a better view of him. He was dressed casually in
jeans and a black t-shirt. His car was clean for a nineteen year old and
smelled like lemons.
    “Well you know
that’s not the smartest choice to make. You’re a young girl, walking by
yourself, who knows what kind of weirdo you could run into.”
    I started to
laugh. “Wow, that is almost funny. You do remember where we are right? Nothing
is going to happen to me.”
    “Well I would feel
a lot better if you let me give you a ride home.” Kyle bent over the passenger
seat and opened the door. “Come on, Hop in.”
    I thanked him and
got in his car. I was a little relieved he offered to drive me home because I
was already so tired. We sat in silence for a minute until Kyle made a left
hand turn onto a road that led out of town.
    “Um Kyle? Where are
you going? You know I don’t live this way?” I said to him slightly confused.
    Kyle was silent
for a second and then turned to look at me. “ I know but I figured since you
were already past your curfew, it would be okay if you were a few minutes
later. I want to show you something.”
    “At one in the
morning? Couldn’t this wait for another day? Preferably during daylight?” I
didn’t want to sound ungrateful but I just wanted to go home.
    “It will only take
a second. I… I actually forgot my wallet at the warehouse earlier today so you
would be helping me out by letting me stop. I don’t want to have to stop there
tomorrow, you know? Plus, I haven’t seen you in a while. You look really good,”
he said giving me his puppy dog face.
    “Well thanks, but
I’m really tired. Just be quick please? Run in grab your wallet and then lets
go,” I said to him sternly so he would know I was serious. “Oh, and I’m staying
in the car.”
    “I had no
intention of making you get out.” Kyle said with a wink. For some reason the
wink made me uneasy but I let it go. We hadn’t seen each other in months so
maybe that was why I suddenly felt unsure.
    A few minutes
later Kyle drove past the warehouse he worked in and pulled off into the open
field next to it. The field was wide open with hundreds of acres of crops.
    “What are you
doing?”
    Kyle continued to
drive about a half mile into the field and then stopped the car. I looked out
the window and was surrounded by crops of cotton. I couldn’t see the road or
the warehouse. It was just pitch black.
    “What are you
doing? Are you crazy? Why would you drive us into a field?” His actions weren’t
making any sense to me.
    Kyle was silent
for a moment and then made a weird grunting sound in his throat. “Wow Mia. When
I saw you on the side of the road I almost didn’t recognize you. You have grown
up a lot since the last time I