The Truck Driver

Hauling Walmart shipments across state lines is Tank's life—a life of solitude, long stretches of highway, and the quiet hum of his eighteen-wheeler. But when a desperate young woman named Kayla, fleeing a horrifying home life, literally stumbles into his path at a Virginia truck stop, his world shifts. With her stepfather hot on her heels, Tank makes a snap decision that will forever alter their journeys. Can two strangers find safety and an unexpected connection on the open road, or will the dangers they flee, and the hidden truths they carry, ultimately catch up to them?

The biting night air of a Virginia truck stop wrapped around Tank as he took a long, slow drag from his cigarette. The ember glowed, a small, defiant light against the vast darkness of the lot. He watched the endless parade of rigs, a veteran at 22, the solitude of the road a familiar companion.

Then, she appeared. A young Black woman, dragging a suitcase, backpack, and duffel bag, her head snapping around every few seconds, eyes wide with a frantic, animalistic fear. She looked utterly lost, utterly alone.

"What you doin' 'round here with all that luggage?" he called out, his voice a low rumble in the night.

She stopped, her gaze locking onto his, a deer caught in headlights. Then, with a breath that seemed to carry the weight of the world, she spoke. "Trying to run away."

That got his attention.

The Truck Driver

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