In less than a minute, Neo and Lily loaded the luggage into the trunk. She held up the trunk lid while he picked up the slightly heavy box. Laying it down, he took over from her to push the lid closed.
Afterwards, they entered the car from separate ends and shut the doors. Slowly, the four wheeled machine rolled off the side way. They began their approximately forty-five minute trip to the airport.
Lily took out her phone. Her finger moved left, right and left again on the screen until her plane ticket was staring back at her.
Her friends were the only ones who knew she was traveling. They didn't even know who she was going to see. Her family had no idea she was taking a plane almost halfway across the world.
She couldn't help but imagine what if she actually didn't return? What if Joan was right and Derek was a serial killer? She had watched so many murder documentaries to know that the killers are the most unsuspected individuals.
