The road is long and in the end the journey is the destination. (OTH)

She hung up the grimy payphone and they bought two shovels in the tiny town well-off the highway and they kept driving further and further off the map. A very pregnant Penny helped Tommy dig a hole, as deep and as fast as they could. They dumped it and covered it over discretely. They memorized the location and headed home.

They were stopped just north of the Arizona state line. They waited outside as the troopers looked through the beast on wheels. They pulled it apart but Penny didn’t mind. Tommy feigned rage as they tore apart his camper. They laughed about it after as they were traveling free and clear all the way to Philadelphia.

The phone was ringing when they walked into the estate.

“I’ve been calling nonstop,” said Rider.

Tommy was alarmed. “What’s wrong? What’s happened?”

“Kiss your wife for me. Shit, she’s brilliant!”