His other woman
My ears strain to follow the sound as it fades into the distance.
When it finally disappears completely, I lean forward, hands on my knees, gasping for air like I’ve surfaced from drowning.
Relief floods me, hot and heavy, but it doesn’t last long.
I glance around. The dark presses in from all sides, and every tree looks the same.
I turn slowly, trying to orient myself, but the narrow path I thought I’d been following is gone.
"Okay," I whisper to myself, the word shaky.
"Just… follow the sound of the truck. They went back to the road."