Alex

It was pretty vacant, just like the first two, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized that the two cars in the lot looked the same as the first two, and were parked in the same locations.

Half the day had passed since I left for my trip, so there should be more people filling the space.

I pulled up to the pump closest to the door.

I really needed to go to the bathroom, but the feeling in my gut was telling me I was going to regret it if I'd done.

The logical side of me knew that I'd be a decent amount of time to get from Illinois to Missouri, and logic won.

I made my way to the bathroom.

The first thing I noticed when I got in the bathroom was that it was occupied.

It was just a room with a toilet, a sink.

I just felt numb at this point.

It was a mirror image of the gas station I stopped at in the previous two states.

I did not apologize to the girl at the sink this time.

She had plain brown hair, very basic looking clothing, and no readily identifiable facial features.

So Jane and Gin were not twins, but triplets across three states.

My brain was trying very hard to rationalize everything I was seeing.

I turned as quickly as possible to leave.

Before I could get all the way out of the bathroom, she turned and spoke to me.

Wiping her eyes dry from the tears, I already assumed she had been crying.

She quickly replied, I just don't want to walk back to my car alone.

There was a man outside when I got here who wouldn't stop harassing me.

No, absolutely not.