A Night with Mr. Stranger
“I asked how far Glasgow was, and the guy told me I could reach it by train. Three different trains, from Stornoway to Ullapool, then to Inverness, and finally to Glasgow. I had to move quickly, just in case my captors had discovered I was missing and were already on my trail.
I shook my head in disbelief. “You had no money, Sharon. How did you manage to get on those trains?”
“I begged,” she whispered. “I explained everything to the drivers. They… they helped me. They felt sorry for me.”
My mind was racing, too many questions swirling. “So you’re telling me that you were kept in Stornoway?”
“Yes, Damon. I’m sure of it,” she said.
I stood there for a long moment, trying to process what Sharon