This Ride Will Do: Silas

Hitchhiking: a way to get from Point A to Point B.

That's what it's supposed to be when this hot silver fox stops to pick me up on the side of the road. A man old enough to be my dad, with eyes that bore into mine like he can read everything I’ve ever done, been, or wanted, right on my face.

But now I'm tied up in his trunk, headed off the map, and in way over my head. That's what I get for thinking this ride will do...

This story was first published in Ride With Me, a limited edition charity anthology published in October 2024. Check the sample for content warnings.