She walked slowly along the side of Route 65, keeping her thin body just off the asphalt. The full moon gave her enough light to see by but she knew the way so well by now, she could walk it blind. Hunger gnawed at her. She needed to eat. It had been days.
Finally, the lights of a car glimmered on the trees in front of her and she turned, extending her thumb, hoping for a ride. The pickup slowed after it passed her. She grinned as she looked in the window. "I really need a ride."
The man, about 40ish, thinning hair, average build, leered at her. "Hop in," he said, "Where ya headed?"
She climbed into the truck. It smelled of stale potato chips and beer and who knows what else. "Bridgeport," she said.
He started off down the road. "What the hell's in Bridgeport?"
"Solitude."
He glanced over at her as often as was safe on the thin winding road. The moonlight showed enough to raise his interest beyond a casual conversation. A tight blue T-shirt hugged her breasts and her nipples were clear, even in the dim light. Her slender legs were encased in a pair of tattered skinny jeans. She lifted a foot up to the dashboard and he caught the curve of her ass. Her short black hair highlighted her incredibly pale skin, or maybe that was just the moonlight. He wanted her. But he was enough of a gentleman to at least pretend to be civil. She let him look. She knew what he wanted and she knew what she wanted. Sometimes, she thought, it was just too easy.
As they approached the town limits, she would glance over at him and let her lips curl to a grin. Once, she briefly played with a nipple. His hands flexed on the steering wheel. She was getting to him.
"This is Bridgeport, doll. Where to exactly?"
"The train depot on Ninth Street."
He looked at her. "Train depot? I didn't know the train stopped here anymore."
She only grinned again and said, "It's a quiet place. I thought, maybe we could get better acquainted and I could thank you for the lift." The implication was crystal clear.
"Yes, ma'am," he said, and drove directly to the deserted station. He was correct, of course. The train didn't stop there. Bridgeport existed only for the few families left. The only activity on these tracks was an express freight that blew through twice a day.
She leaned over to him as they stopped and placed her hand on his crotch. He jumped. "Eager, honey?" he asked, smiling.