First Of Many

Jane sighed as she recognized the neighborhood of the restaurant, she had hoped that the cab ride would be longer as she had grown quite comfortable in the seat of the cab, sleepy even. So much that she had been unaware of what was happening around her for a huge chunk of the trip from the traphouse till they had arrived here, in proximity now to her destination. She peered at the inner rearview mirror and found the driver looking at her, he had kind eyes and grey hair and seemed to understand how tired she was.

" Do you need me to make a detour?", he asked, still looking at her through the mirror.

She was caught off guard by the question and the more she thought about it, she saw the kindness behind the man's words.

" Oh no! Thank you for offering sir", she responded quickly as she didn't know if she would be able to afford the fare if he did what he was offering.

The old man nodded in understanding and turned his eyes back towards the road. In the next few minutes, the cab slowed