The Hitchhiker - A Desciptive Piece

'I'd watch out dear,' warned the elderly woman. Her eyes slanted with concern behind her glasses and her creased forehead glowered at her young grandson's response. 'Grandma, you know I can make the trip back to Summerville by myself every Thursday evening. I can look after myself just as well as a man.' 'It's just, it's only...' 'Don't worry grandma,' reassured Hale. He knew how much his grandmother meant to him, …showed first 75 words of 1229 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1229 total…to Hale. He pulled the Ute over and reached over to the passenger side. In the faint light of dawn, he could barely make out the outline of the handbag the stranger had deserted. Anxiously, he ripped it open. Glaring inside he saw exactly what he had been dreading. In the bag lay a sharpened knife, crimson handkerchief and shredded rubber gloves, all encrusted with blood. Hale nearly gagged. The tools of a mass murderer...