She was hitchhiking, with her thumb stuck out like a well-lit signpost. tube8 I noticed her because her skin contrasted against the dark night sky. I had never stopped to pick up hitchhikers before and as a matter of fact, I was always warned against it. The baby took two reluctant swallows and stopped his suckling. She was looking right back at him with that piercing gaze of hers. “You wanted to know why I wear black?” The man groaned. Almost as if luring me to pull over, like preteen children trusting the molester in a dirty white work van, holding a handful of candy. His screaming silenced and he fumbled with the lock on his door. So his constant struggling to get some distance, only made him weaker. The baby took two reluctant swallows and stopped his suckling. “Now look what you’ve done!” The lady shouted angrily. The inhuman scream continued as the woman began




















