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Roy didn’t shut up. Not a single f*****g pause for breath. Steven hoped it was nervous relief and that he’d calm down soon enough. He made no attempt to engage or take an active part in the one way conversation, he just stayed focused on the road ahead and on the prospect of getting to Sam’s father’s house later this afternoon. It didn’t feel such an impossible journey now they were actually on the road and making progress.
‘Thought it’d be much worse than this,’ Roy said, eyes darting from side to side like a little kid. ‘I mean, you can tell things aren’t right, but it’s not as bad as I thought it was going to be.’
‘We’ve only been driving ten minutes. Calm before the storm?’
‘You think?’
Steven did, but he didn’t bother to elaborate. Along all of the roads they drove down Steven
