Matt
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Maybe you put it in there after we got to camp.
Ryan shook his head slowly.
No, I always keep it in the glove box.
Every time.
I showed it to you when we left, remember?
Yes, I said, my mouth dry.
He opened the center console.
Empty.
He checked the door pockets.
The back seat.
Under the front seats.
Nothing.
It's gone, he said.
Something clicked in my brain then.
A realization that came not as a thought but as a cold, sinking feeling.
We weren't just being messed with.
We were being slowly, systematically stripped of exits.
I don't know how long we drove after that.
Time got weird.
The sun seemed to hang in the same position, never quite inching toward afternoon.