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“My car broke down—I’m trying to get out of the city, I don’t have signal, and it’s really late and—”
“Alright,” he said, cutting me off gently. “I get it.”
That’s when I noticed the second figure inside the Jeep.
A younger man leaned forward, resting his arm on the open window. Early twenties. He looked like the older man—same sharp jaw, same eyes—but where the father was controlled, the son was openly curious.
“Wow,” he said, lips tugging upward. “You’re pretty.”
“Eli,” the older man sighed without looking back. “Don’t.”