For the past two hours, swollen, dark clouds had appeared in the sky, blotting out the afternoon sun. Then abruptly, the rain dropped as though the sky had opened, releasing a deluge of droplets on the windshield of the parked truck. Sitting behind the wheels, Monica made frantic attempts at reviving the dead engine.
The old beaten-up truck had broken down before the rain had started.
Trapped in the middle of nowhere with no help around, she began to panic. She'd driven for about seventeen hours before the car ceased. With no idea what to do or how to get the engine going, she waited in the car, for a miracle, or help from nowhere.
Looking down at her map, she still had about seventy-five kilometers to go, and going on foot was never an option.
Her stomach growled because she'd not ea
