Black Painted Fingernails

‘How about we toss a coin? Heads, it’s west and a lift. Tails, it’s still west, but no lift.’
James is heading into the country on his first teacher-training round when a mysterious girl asks him for a ride. Sophie has him all worked out: ‘You live with your parents and they bought you this car, and a very nice car it is too…’ At first James can’t see past her wild hair and attitude, but then Sophie trusts him with a secret she’s been keeping too long.